Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | TF 1 | |
Title: | NUDE MALE | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | TF | |
Object Number: | 1 | |
Description: | Mouldmade solid figurine of nude male, probably standing. Anatomy of chest well modelled. Drapery hangs over left shoulder and covered arm to the elbow, left arm was extended outward. Thick neck, oval face, full slightly parted lips, heavy lidded almon-shaped eyes, face framed by hair, parted in middle and going back in waves. Behind neck part of headdress, perhaps the end of a crest of a helmet, and long hair preserved, broken at top. | |
Decoration: | White slip, pink paint on face and body, red paint on hair and headdress. | |
Material: | Fine pinkish gray clay. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 7/2 | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Six joining frgts., mended, broken at waist; left arm damaged and broken below elbox; right arm missing, headdress broken at back. Preserved: head to waist. Surface well preserved, large patches white slip with pink paint remaining. | |
Manufacture: | F01 M MM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.095, W. 0.058 | |
Dimensions Restored: | W. across shoulders 0.057 | |
Bibliography: | Corinth XIV no. 8, Pl. 54, p. 139 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Roebuck, Corinth 14, 1951 Image: bw 0030 Image: bw 0031 Image: bw 3121 |