Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 3925 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA FEMALE HEAD | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 3925 | |
Description: | Hair dressed in four rows of briads (retouched) encircling the face and hanging behind the ears. Narrow diadem attached on top of head. Button earrings. | |
Material: | Dark red clay. White slip. Yellow on hair. | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Broken off at base of neck. | |
Manufacture: | Back hand-made. | |
Chronology: | First or early second century. | |
Provenance: | Likely imported from Egypt. | |
Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth XII, no. 411 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Image: digital 2021 0476 Image: digital 2021 0477 Image: digital 2021 0478 Notebook Page: NB 142, spread 34 (p. 59) |