| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 1523 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA MOULDMADE FEMALE HEAD | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 1523 | |
| Description: | Female head with hair dressed in four rows of braids (retouched) encircling the face and hanging behind the ears. Large handmade circular braid added to the back. Button earrings. Eyeballs emphasized by incision. From the same mould as MF 1523A. | |
| Decoration: | Chalky yellow pigment on the hair. | |
| Material: | Gritty buff clay | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Preserved in front to base of neck. Broken away at level of ears in rear. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.066 | |
| Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
| Chronology: | First or Second century (based on Davidson) | |
| Provenance: | Egypt? | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth XII, no. 412 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Images (4) |
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