Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | SF 1975 5 | |
Title: | HEAD OF NIKE OR SPHINX | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Category Code: | SF | |
Year: | 1975 | |
Object Number: | 5 | |
Related Objects: | SF-1933-001 | |
Description: | Small fragment from stephane on top of head. At lower front break patch of hair. at rt. break edge of poss. hole running horizontally through stephane at height of upper band. Frgt. derives from side of head. | |
Decoration: | Painted in black on reserved ground: floral chain of which upper half largely gone, above two broad stripes. | |
Material: | Clay greenish-buff with moderate amount fine to coarser (to 3mm) gray inclusions, thin fine surface slip. Core pale pink. | |
Munsell Color: | Near 2.5Y 8/3 surface | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., broken below, ends, back. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.0452 W00.063 T00.044 | |
Period: | 5th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | Second quarter 5th BC | |
Area: | Temple Hill | |
Context: | NB632 B68 P59 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 2000 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Temple Hill Basket: NB632 B68 P59 Notebook Page: NB 632, spread 35 (p. 60) |