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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 3417 | | Title: | | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE OF GROTESQUE (?) FIGURE | | Category Code: | | MF | | Object Number: | | 3417 | | Description: | | Mouldmade terracotta figurine with rounded peg at bottom for insertion into body. Slightly grotesque face, apparently representing an old woman (although it could also be a young boy). Hair or hat in thick roll over forehead. Ears indicated by bits of clay pinched out from head after removal from mould. Eyes large, nose wide, thick lips. Bottom of neck rounded into peg. Figurine solid. Back of head unmodelled but smoothed and slightly rounded. | | Material: | | Fine very pale brown clay. | | Munsell Color: | | 10YR 8/4 (very pale brown) | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Intact, with head and neck finished at bottom to insert into body. | | Period: | | 5th c. B.C. | | Area: | | Museum | | Context: | | NB134 P77 | | Bibliography: | | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 152. | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Museum
Image: bw 3768
Notebook Page: NB 134, spread 44 (pp. 77 - 78)
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