Corinth Object: S 1892
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   S 1892
Title:   SATYR HEAD
Category:   Sculpture
Category Code:   S
Object Number:   1892
Description:   Head of laughing or drunken satyr. Mouth open with teeth showing. Eyes off-axis, with left eye slightly higher. Iris of left eye carved with low relief line. Hair curls in long locks over head and forehead. Head bent at sharp angle to neck. Half life-size scale.
Material:   White marble.
Condition:   Fragment. Broken off of middle of neck and badly battered on face. Nose missing; cheeks and chin roughed down, hair locks at upper left forehead broken away. Edges of ears broken away.
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Area:   South Basilica South Stoa
Context:   South Basilica South Stoa
Findspot Description:   Y, 4; about level with pavement in front of South Stoa.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: South Basilica South Stoa
Image: bw 4784
Notebook Page: NB 141, spread 28 (pp. 35 - 36)