| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 13711 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA HEAD OF OLD WOMAN | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 13711 | |
| Description: | Head of old woman juts forward, suggesting that shoulder originally were hunched; chin may have been raised somewhat. Back handmade, rounded. Added: veil, hair at sides. Face oblong to oval. Forehead has one horizontal furrow and two short, vertical frown marks between the eyes; high, prominent cheekbones, sunken cheeksl sagging flesh beneath jaw. Eyes level, almond shapes; lids not defined; browridge prominent. Mouth down-turned, sunken, without lips, as if toothless. Veil is probably a mantle carried over the head, pleat at the top center. Well-made piece. | |
| Decoration: | White slip on veil. | |
| Material: | Fabric 1, orange buff, without noticeable inclusions | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5 YR 7/5.5 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving head and part of neck. MIssing veil at both sides below cheeks. | |
| Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | 4th c. or later based on Corinth 18.4 | |
| Area: | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore | |
| Context: | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore, LOT 4379 | |
| Bibliography: | Merker 2000, Corinth 18.4, cat. H389; Coroplast's Art. p. 60, fig. 49 | |
| Site: | Acrocorinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Merker, Corinth 18:4, 2000 Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore Basket: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore |