| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11967 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FEMALE HEAD | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11967 | |
| Description: | Solid female head. Back handmade, rounded. Added: hair at top and sides. Tooling on hair; ears punched. Head tilted to right. Similar facial type (without tooling) and coiffure as MF-12153 (Merker 2000, Corinth 18.4, cat. H201). One crease in neck. Probable mould siblings in lots 5613 (fabric 1), 6233 (fabric 4). Probable later generation: MF-11411 (lot 877); two in lot 3230 (all fabric 1). Similar in facial type, slightly smaller: MF-10609 (lot 896), MF-12043 (lot 2249), one in lot 2249 (al fabric 1). For possible workshop mates, see Merker 2000, Corinth 18.4, Workshop G, p. 345. | |
| Decoration: | White slip. Red paint on hair. | |
| Material: | Fabric 2, creamy buff, fine smooth surface | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Head and neck preserved, with part of tenon. Few chips missing. Plug of clay extends from neck for joining with body. Proper right rear top-knot lock broken off. Traces of white slip on neck, face, hair; red paint on hair. | |
| Area: | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore | |
| Context: | NB282 B1 P101 | |
| Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore, LOT 2234 | ||
| LOT 2234 | ||
| Bibliography: | Merker 2000, Corinth 18.4, cat. H202 | |
| Site: | Acrocorinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Merker, Corinth 18:4, 2000 Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore Basket: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore Basket: NB282 B1 P101 |