| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 398 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE: FACE OF AFRICAN MAN (?) | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 398 | |
| Description: | Mouldmade terracotta figurine of male (?) figure with African features, including a short, broad nose, large rounded nostrils, deep philtrum, and wide, full lips. Face is broad, cheeks are round with low cheekbones, eyes apparently deep set. Mouth is slightly parted and shows a row of teeth individually indicated. Dimples at lower bottom corners of mouth. Chin dimpled or cleft. Entire face, including teeth, covered in black slip. | |
| Decoration: | Black slip | |
| Material: | Fine very pale brown clay with medium and large rounded spherical and tabular voids | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving chin, mouth, nose, cheeks. Slightly degraded black slip across whole face. | |
| Area: | Odeion | |
| Context: | NB96 P138 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Odeion Notebook Page: NB 96, spread 74 (pp. 138 - 139) |
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