| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 365 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE OF WOMAN: HEAD | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 365 | |
| Description: | Mouldmade terracotta figurine of woman or goddess. Hair parted in middle and drawn loosely back to nape of neck where it is tied; hair rests loosely on shoulders. Blunt instrument used to indicate waves. Back hair added after figurine was removed from mold. Face is small, with relatively heavy upper eyelids, narrow nose, and small mouth. Horizontal crease on long neck. Head solid. | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with frequent medium rounded spherical white inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving head and neck. | |
| Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | or early 3rd c. B.C. | |
| Area: | Odeion | |
| Context: | NB94 P76 | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 270. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Odeion Image: bw 3772 Notebook Page: NB 94, spread 43 (p. 77) |
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