| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 14535 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE OF WOMAN: HEAD | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 14535 | |
| Old Number: | Former MF-19 from 1st series numbering. | |
| Description: | Moldmade terracotta figurine of female figure wearing crown or stephane. Large, prominent oval eyes; thin-lipped, straight mouth. Narrow, undecorated diadem or crown worn high on head; hair parted in center, surrounding upper part of face with formal waves. Roughly finished at back, by hand, with small projecting indicating low hair-knot. Head and heck solid, hollow below neck. May represent goddess (Hera?). Clay appears Argive, according to Corinth 12. | |
| Decoration: | White slip. | |
| Mythology: | Hera? | |
| Material: | Coarse reddish yellow clay. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving head and neck of female figure. Traces of white slip. Cracked and crumbling at neck below chin. | |
| Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
| Chronology: | ca. 525 BCE | |
| Area: | St. John's | |
| Context: | NB27 P63 | |
| Provenance: | Argos? | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 87 (published as MF-19) | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: St. John's Image: bw 3768 Image: bw 1964 053 19 Notebook Page: NB 27, spread 35 (pp. 62 - 63) |
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