| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 9164 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA MASK | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 9164 | |
| Description: | Terracotta mouldmade mask with hole for iris, ridged lower lid, hole with smooth edge for round mouth, smooth convex cheek, two spiral shaped curls on left side covering ear, and small flat space extending from curls to edge. Slightly concave back. Similar to MF-1981-6 but thinner than MF-6591 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat.. 439). | |
| Decoration: | Face white-slipped, hair painted red. | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay with a pinkish gray core with rare small platy rounded black, few small tabular rounded white and common fine platy angular gold mica inclusions and rare very large tabular angular and few medium spherical rounded voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 7.5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow), Core: 7.5YR 6/2 (pinkish gray), Paint: 10R 6/8 (light red) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of hair and lt. cheek, broken across eye, along mouth to chin. Traces of white slip overall and orange paint. | |
| Manufacture: | F23 M MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.008 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.045, W. 0.063 | |
| Period: | Roman | |
| Chronology: | 1st to 3rd c. A.C. stylistically (Corinth 12, cat. 439 "Basilica Fill") or 44/43 B.C. based on coin of Corinth duoviri in Well V | |
| Area: | South Stoa | |
| Context: | NB135 P144 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: South Stoa Image: bw 1948 008 33 Image: digital 2015 3359 Image: digital 2015 3360 Basket: NB135 P144 Notebook Page: NB 135, spread 77 (pp. 144 - 145) |
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