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) |