Corinth Object: SUR 10008 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | SUR 10008 | | Title: | | LOCKS OF HAIR | | Category: | | Sculpture | | Category Code: | | SUR | | Object Number: | | 1 | | Object Suffix: | | 0008 | | Description: | | Section of long, wavy, over lifesize strands of hair, articulated by incised lines and drilled channels. These locks pertain to the side of the face. A patch of skin, probably the lower cheek adheres.On the back of the fragment the surface has been roughly finished flat, rather than continuing the pattern of the hair. This piece may pertain to SUR 01-0007 and SUR 12-0264-0284, the so-called Acanthus Monument excavated in 1968 at the Sacred Spring. Two more large pieces are stored on the Bema. | | Material: | | marble | | Condition: | | Fragment. | | Dimensions Preserved: | | H 0.190, W 0.080, Th 0.114 | | Findspot Description: | | From Sacred Spring marble pile; 1968. First stored outside Archaeological Service office, Museum inner courtyard. In spring 2007 moved to Pietri, west side, outside storeroom 8. Most of this material probably belongs to the Captives' Façade. | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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