Corinth Object: TF 37
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   TF 37
Title:   TERRACOTTA FEMALE HEAD
Category:   Minor Finds
Category Code:   TF
Object Number:   37
Description:   Head from large terracotta mouldmade figurine. Woman, wearing sakkos. Hair over forehead frames face in three rows of tiny beaded curls. Face oval with narrow pointed chin, forehead low, eyes large, shallow set, narrow mouth with full pouty lips. Ears somewhat schematically shown against sakkos, wears pendant drop earrings.
Decoration:   White slip over entire head, blue paint on sakkos, red on hair, only white on face.
Material:   Fine pink to reddish yelllow clay without inclusions.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 7/4 to 7.5YR 7/6
Condition:   Complete or intact. Broken off at neck, intact except chip above left eye, tip of nose. Large patches of white slip remaining on face, some red and blue paint preserved.
Manufacture:   F01 F MM
Dimensions Actual:   W. of head 0.052, W. of face 0.035, W. outer corners of eyes 0.028
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.063
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB126 P99
Findspot Description:   Asklepieion, fill near city wall (5:YY)
Bibliography:   Roebuck 1951, Corinth 14, cat. 15; AJA 1933 p. 446, Fig. 5; cited R. Tolle-Kastenkein, Fruhkl. Peplos Fig. 1980 p. 143; Paulsen, Strange Soil p. 19.
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Roebuck, Corinth 14, 1951
Publication: de Waele, American Journal of Archaeolog37:3... 1933
Monument: Asklepieion
Images (7)
Basket: NB126 P99
Notebook Page: NB 126, spread 55 (pp. 100 - 101)