Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | A 1057 | |
Title: | PAINTED PLASTER WITH HEAD OF SAINT | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | A | |
Object Number: | 1057 | |
Related Objects: | MF-4310 (lapsed) | |
Description: | Wall plaster decorated with head of saint against a black field. Head surrounded by ochre halo. Drawn 3/4 proper lt.; wears low red headdress or polos with yellow stitched border, white dots; curly white hair outlined with black, white beard. Thick eyebrows, eye rendered with black dot at inner corner, white highlight. Face brown with light peach, white, and red dot highlights. | |
Material: | Soft plaster with high lime content, some small stones. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., broken all around. | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Chronology: | or later | |
Area: | St. John's | |
Context: | NB150 P80 | |
Findspot Description: | St. John's. From Tomb G in narthex(?). | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: St. John's Basket: NB150 P80 |