| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 510 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE OF WOMAN: HEAD | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 510 | |
| Description: | Mouldmade terracotta figurine of woman, with hair painted red and details of face (eyes, eyebrows, mouth) painted black. Hair parted at center and dressed in large rectangular waves pulled straight back. Short forehead with large, painted eyes, short nose, and small, slightly puckered mouth. Large rounded earring in right ear. Figurine is hollow, with distinct fingerprint inside. May be imported from Egypt according to Corinth 12. | |
| Decoration: | Black and red paint. | |
| Material: | Medium coarse reddish yellow clay with frequent rounded spherical voids and few rounded tabular inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving head, broken at bottom left cheek.Black paint at eyes, eyebrows, and lips; traces of red paint on hair at proper right, at bottom of chin. | |
| Period: | 1 st c. B.C. | |
| Area: | Old Museum | |
| Context: | NB87 | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 409. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Old Museum Image: bw 3770 Basket: NB87 Notebook Page: NB 88, spread 47 (pp. 86 - 87) |
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