| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 13779 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FEMALE HEAD | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 13779 | |
| Description: | Female head, solid, facial type similar to MF-10476 (Merker 2000, Corinth 18.4, cat. H183), with relatively small widely set eys, but face more oval, nose heavier and closer to upper lip, tooling cruder. Coiffure parted at center, with straight locks of hair down to ears; long, wavy locks of hair along neck; nape bare. Back handmade, roiunded. Added: all of hair. Tooling on face, hair; parting of lips, below mouth, nostrils punched; mouth slightly deformed in tooling. | |
| Decoration: | White slip | |
| Material: | Fabric 1, orange-buff, with orange core | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5 YR 7/6 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., head with small part of neck preserved. Missing neck hair at left side. Crown chipped. Traces of white slip. | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| Area: | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore | |
| Context: | NB295 B3 P146, LOT 3230 | |
| Bibliography: | Merker 2000, Corinth 18.4, cat. H198 | |
| Site: | Acrocorinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Merker, Corinth 18:4, 2000 Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore |