Corinth Object: KT 24014
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KT 24014
Title:   GROTESQUE FIGURINE, HEAD
Category:   Minor Finds
Category Code:   KT
Object Number:   24
Object Suffix:   014
Description:   Miniature figurine of a comic flute player with hair and beard indicated by shallow pitting and flattened back. Brows heavily ridged over bulding eyes and cheeks. Broad nose and jutting chin. Flute enters through two holes pierced in the mouth that extend to the back of the head.
Decoration:   Red slip.
Material:   Very soft pink clay with very few inclusions.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 8/4
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving head, broken off below neck.
Manufacture:   F01 M MM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.04, W. 0.027, Th. 0.022
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P74
Provenance:   Corinth.
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter.
Bibliography:   Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 4, p. 142
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: digital 2015 3362
Basket: NB114 P74
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 43 (pp. 74 - 75)