| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | SUR 10017 | |
| Title: | HAIR | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | SUR | |
| Object Number: | 1 | |
| Object Suffix: | 0017 | |
| Description: | Two over life sized locks of hair aranged in vertical corkscrew curls. Incised lines define the curls. Deeper drilled lines break up the curls into segments. Between the curls ins a vertical element -- possibly drapery ? It is just possible that this fragment could be from a colossal cuirass statue. | |
| Material: | marble | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Broken all around; signs of burning; traces of red paint. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | ph 0.115, pw 0.08, pth 0.05 | |
| Period: | 2nd c. A.C. | |
| Findspot Description: | Found in the Museum sculpture apotheke in a box labeled "univentoried fragments of S 1436," a cuirass statue excavated at the Odeion in the curtain channel. Found with SUR 01-0015 and 01-0016. SUR 01-0015 is from Athena Trench; this one might be also. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece |
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