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) |