Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 11546 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: FEMALE | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 11546 | |
Description: | Terracotta hollow mouldmade female with large bun on top of head and elaborate melon coiffure with very straight braids, triangular forehead, oval face, rounded incised eyebrows, large triangular eyes with both lids defined, prominent straight wife nose, large thick parallel lips, fleshy cheeks and chin, and round disk earing attached on lt side of face pinched against neck. Front and back moulded. Retouched hair. Similar to MF74-121. | |
Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with gray core with frequent medium to large tabular white, few large tabular angular black, few medium to large spherical angular purple inclusions and few large tabular angular and frequent small to medium tabular rounded voids | |
Munsell Color: | Surface: 5YR 6/8 (reddish yellow), 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow), Core: 5YR 7/1 (gray) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single piece preserving head, broken across neck and in triangular chunk across rt side of face and back of head. | |
Manufacture: | F01 F MM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.044, W. 0.023, Th. 0.007-0.011 | |
Period: | Roman | |
Area: | Kokkinovrysi | |
Context: | NB247 | |
NB247 B3 P6 | ||
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | NB251 P9, Disturbed fill beneath modern road to about 43.29 | |
Site: | Kokkinovrysi | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Kokkinovrysi Image: bw 1965 007 03 Basket: NB247 Basket: NB247 B3 P6 Notebook Page: NB 247, spread 8 (p. 6) |