| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 397 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: HEAD | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 397 | |
| Description: | Mouldmade terracotta figurine of child or adult. Yellow hair worn in series fo large waves encircling face. Shallow, worn facial features with short, wide nose and round cheeks and chin. Made in two molds, with joint over top of head carefully smeared with wet clay and covered by yellow paint; ridge at seam. Back of head rounded and smoothed, but unmodelled. Head hollow with regular thickness of walls. Partian fingerprint preserved on back of face. Circular vent cut out at back of head. Possibly comparable, including round vent hole, to Corinth T-528. | |
| Material: | Medium coarse reddish yellow clay with medium rounded inclusions and medium to large rounded voids | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving front and back of head; front of head broken just below chin. Yellow paint preserved on hair. Face heavily worn. | |
| Area: | Odeion | |
| Context: | NB96 P129 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Odeion Notebook Page: NB 96, spread 69 (pp. 128 - 129) |
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