Corinth Object: SUR 10017 Collection: | | Corinth | Type: | | Object | Name: | | SUR 10017 | Title: | | HAIR | Category: | | Sculpture | Category Code: | | SUR | Object Number: | | 1 | Object Suffix: | | 0017 | Description: | | Two over life sized locks of hair aranged in vertical corkscrew curls. Incised lines define the curls. Deeper drilled lines break up the curls into segments. Between the curls ins a vertical element -- possibly drapery ? It is just possible that this fragment could be from a colossal cuirass statue. | Material: | | marble | Condition: | | Fragment. Broken all around; signs of burning; traces of red paint. | Dimensions Preserved: | | ph 0.115, pw 0.08, pth 0.05 | Period: | | 2nd c. A.C. | Findspot Description: | | Found in the Museum sculpture apotheke in a box labeled "univentoried fragments of S 1436," a cuirass statue excavated at the Odeion in the curtain channel. Found with SUR 01-0015 and 01-0016. SUR 01-0015 is from Athena Trench; this one might be also. | Site: | | Corinth | City: | | Ancient Corinth | Country: | | Greece |
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