Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | SF 1974 3 | |
Title: | HEAD: HAIR | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Category Code: | SF | |
Year: | 1974 | |
Object Number: | 3 | |
Related Objects: | SF-1926-001 | |
Description: | Fragment preserves segment of hair with 7 rows of wavy zigzag locks and poss. bit of forehead. Not clear whether lt. or rt. side. Waves tighter toward face, looser at top of head. Broken at back along wet joint. | |
Decoration: | Matt-black paint on hair. | |
Mythology: | Sphinx ? | |
Material: | Clay with dense admixture fine sand-like black inclusions, a few coarser to 2 mm. Fine surface layer T00.002-00.008 m. Fired buff to pale pinkish-buff core, buff-yellow surface. | |
Munsell Color: | Near 10YR 7/5 surface 10YR 7/4 below surface | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., broken all around. | |
Manufacture: | HM | |
Dimensions Actual: | T00.026-00.028 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L00.072 | |
Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
Chronology: | Third quarter 6th BC | |
Area: | Temple Hill | |
Context: | NB609 B19 P31 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 2000 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Temple Hill Basket: NB609 B19 P31 Notebook Page: NB 609, spread 20 (p. 31) |