| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 8500 | |
| Title: | LATE NEOLITHIC MATT-PAINTED FIGURINE HEAD | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 8500 | |
| Description: | Human head, broken at the neck which is round in section. Hair, made of small applied pellets, frames the face in straight lines across top and sides. Head tapers to neck without rendering of chin. | |
| Decoration: | Black matt paint outlines the hairline, back and front; two horizontal lines between the nose and hairline, possibly eyes. Low burnish with black crusty paint, where cited. | |
| Material: | Fine buff clay | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 8/4 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving head, broken at neck. Nose chipped. Drilled for mounting. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.069 | |
| Area: | Museum west | |
| Context: | Museum west, Fill | |
| Bibliography: | AJA 1939, pp. 599-600, fig. 12; Talalay, Diss. P139. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Weinberg, American Journal of Archaeolog43:4... 1939a Monument: Museum west Image: digital 2011 1805 Image: digital 2011 1806 Image: digital 2011 1807 Basket: Museum west, Fill Notebook Page: NB 184, spread 62 (pp. 113 - 114) |
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