| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 11462 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE OF BEARDED MALE FIGURE (KRIOPHOROS?): HEAD | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 11462 | |
| Description: | Mouldmade terracotta figurine of bearded male figure, perhaps kriophoros (ram-bearer). Circular skull cap extends over forehead, with heavy roll or band at bottom. Eyes large with distinguished brow ridges. Lower part of face covered by mustache and long, heavy beard. Short, small incisions on beard to indicate texture at proper left. Almond-shaped eyes incised. Behind head and to proper right male figure carries a large object on shoulders, perhaps ram (kriophoros) or calf (moschophoros). Figurine solid. Head nearly identical to MF-3339. Hermes Kriophoros? | |
| Material: | Fine yellow clay with few rounded spherical and tabular voids. | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 7/6 (yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving head, part of object (ram?) on male figure's shoulders. | |
| Area: | Minor Projects | |
| Context: | NB269 B21 P79 | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia 38 (1969) 24, #49, pl. 5. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Minor Projects Image: bw 1965 135 26 |
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