Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | S 1907 | |
Title: | HAIR, BRAIDS FROM STATUE | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Category Code: | S | |
Object Number: | 1907 | |
Description: | Braided hairstyle rendered through two braided locks, with curled locks articulated with low relief lines on one side of braided locks. Locks of braids expand out from central fold in symmetrical pattern. Braid tapers in width from 0.04 at one end to 0.027 at other end. Classicizing. | |
Material: | White marble. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving two braided locks; broken all around. | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Area: | South Basilica | |
Context: | South Basilica | |
Findspot Description: | Area v, around level of wall at D:41 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: South Basilica Image: bw 4695 Notebook Page: NB 142, spread 64 (pp. 118 - 119) |