Corinth Object: SUR 10015 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | SUR 10015 | | Title: | | HAIR | | Category: | | Sculpture | | Category Code: | | SUR | | Object Number: | | 1 | | Object Suffix: | | 0015 | | Description: | | Fragment of large scale coiffure presserves three rows of braided hair surmounted by short locks arranged nearly vertically, curving slightly to the left. This top (?) level resembles the hair on kalathos capital A -85-1. This fragment may be from the hairdo of a caryatid; the top level forming the juncture between the head and the architectural element above. | | Material: | | marble | | Condition: | | Fragment. Broken all around. | | Dimensions Preserved: | | ph 0.16, pw 0.w0.13, 0. pth 0.05 | | Period: | | 2nd c. A.C. | | Findspot Description: | | Found July 2010 in Sculpture Apotheke, in a box labeled "uncatalogued fragments of S 1456." a cuirass statue found at the Odeion in the curtain channel. This hair fragment appears in Corinth BW photo 1931 2678, containing items from the Athena Trench. | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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