| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 2639 | |
| Title: | CARYATID HEAD WITH SPIRALLY STRIATED POLOS | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 2639 | |
| Description: | Female head from Caryatid or fountain. Head carries a basket on top. Hair drawn back and tied with fillet. Deep drill work in hair. Circular hole, 0.04m. diameter, bored from top to neck and smoothly finished. | |
| Material: | Fine white marble; Highly polished surface | |
| Condition: | Fragment. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.38 | |
| Period: | 3rd c. A.C. | |
| Chronology: | Ridgway(1981), Hesperia L, p 445 | |
| Area: | Forum southwest | |
| Context: | NB217 B1 P150 | |
| Findspot Description: | Forum Southwest | |
| Bibliography: | Ridgway(1981), Hesperia L, p 445; Robinson 2013, Hesperia 82.2, fig. 18 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum southwest Images (8) Basket: NB217 B1 P150 Notebook Page: NB 217, spread 81 (pp. 150 - 151) |
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