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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | S 1998 4 | | Title: | | CRUDE LIMESTONE BUST | | Category: | | Sculpture | | Category Code: | | S | | Year: | | 1998 | | Object Number: | | 4 | | Description: | | A crude sculpture consisting of a simply carved head, attached to a block. Block rectangular, with rounded edges as preserved, possibly bottom not original, with vertical channel down center of "chest" for sternum ? Short wide neck, on which sits head, turned slightly to proper left. Hair roughly marked off from face, falling to "shoulders" but not modeled in any way. Face: low forehead, round eyes consist of convex surfaces surrounded by deep concave channels, fat cheeks; rest of features not preserved. | | Material: | | Calcareous conglomeritic sandstone (G. Velie) | | Condition: | | Missing parts. Complete except for top, proper right side of head, chin, nose; edges of "shoulders". Surfaces very worn. | | Dimensions Preserved: | | H00.13 (head) H00.30 (max) W00.245 (base) Depth00.16 | | Period: | | Hellenistic | | Chronology: | | ? Hellenistic ? | | Area: | | Asklepieion | | Context: | | Asklepieion, Found during cleaning of site, on temple terrace t | | Site: | | Asklepeion | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Asklepieion
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Basket: Asklepieion, Found during cleaning of site, on temple terrace t
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