| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 13259 | |
| Title: | MASK, TRAGIC, UNDER LIFE-SIZE | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 13259 | |
| Description: | "Onkos" of hair radiates from face. It consists of two elaborate rows of scalloped locks decorated with dots at their centers, divided by diagonal strokes. Forehead is shore, ending in arched brow. Eye consists of a perforated pupil with eyelid in low relief. Both eyebrow and eyelid are a bit thicker at outer canthus, suggesting it is the left eye. Interior is flat and slightly smoothed. | |
| Decoration: | scalloped locks decorated with dots at their centers | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/4, light red core 2.5YR 7/8 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. One fragment of upper proper left side of flat mask. Tiny red and white inclusions. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.041; W. 0.039 | |
| Period: | Roman | |
| Area: | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore | |
| Context: | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore, LOT 2088 | |
| Bibliography: | Inventoried by N. Bookidis; Entered by M. Papadakis:Klinger, 2021, Corinth XVIII.8, no. 23 | |
| Site: | Acrocorinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore Basket: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore |
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