Corinth Object: MF 2274
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 2274
Title:   TERRACOTTA MASK
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   2274
Description:   Mask or plaque of grotesque face with heavily wrinkled nose, drooping mustache, and sneering mouth. Nostrils unpierced, mouth closed.
Decoration:   Grayish-white slip
Material:   Soft yellowish-pink clay with frequent small oblong inclusions.
Munsell Color:   7,5 YR 7/6
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving nose and half of mouth; broken on all sides. Hole worn in surface of lip. Traces of grayish-white slip or debris at nostrils.
Manufacture:   F23 M MM
Period:   3rd c. A.C.
Chronology:   Determined by deposit index based on coins and lamps
Area:   New Hotel Byzantine Ephoreia
Context:   New Hotel Byzantine Ephoreia
Findspot Description:   "New Hotel" Well A (Well 1930-11)
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: New Hotel Byzantine Ephoreia