| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 5629 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA MASK | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 5629 | |
| Description: | Slightly less than life-sized. Large crooked, flattened nose, scowling mouth, wrinkles around nose and mouth. Holes for eyes (Diam. 0.015), nostrils (Diam. 0.011), and at sides of mouth. | |
| Decoration: | Light brown slip, dark brown and red details around eyes. | |
| Material: | Course clay with frequent medium round inclusions with exterior fired white, interior pink. | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/3; Center: 5YR 7/4 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving lower left eyelid, left nostril and part of right, left cheek, left edge of mouth. Brown, dark brown, and pink pigment preserved. | |
| Manufacture: | F23 M MM | |
| Area: | South Basilica | |
| Context: | NB154 P149 | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 442; Rose, H. Die Römischen Terrakottamasken in den Nordwestprovinzen. Reichert Verlag Wiesbaden 2006. p. 86 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: South Basilica Basket: NB154 P149 Notebook Page: NB 154, spread 82 (pp. 148 - 149) |
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