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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 8043 | | Title: | | TERRACOTTA FIGURINE OF GROTESQUE MALE FIGURE: HEAD | | Category Code: | | MF | | Object Number: | | 8043 | | Description: | | Mouldmade terracotta figurine of bald male figure, perhaps grotesque, with very short forehead, defined brow ridges, large eyes, very large and long nose, open, grinning mouth displaying at least five teeth, thin lips. Furrows between eyebrows. Cheeks rounded, chin short. Back of head rounded but unmodelled. Frontal mould. Mould seam visible, but obvious attempts to smooth it in places. Head of figurine solid. | | Material: | | Coarse reddish yellow clay with common small to medium rounded spherical inclusions. | | Munsell Color: | | 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | | Condition: | | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving head, part of neck. | | Period: | | 2nd c. A.C. | | Area: | | Agora south central | | Context: | | NB180 P39 | | Bibliography: | | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 432. | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Agora south central
Notebook Page: NB 180, spread 26 (pp. 39 - 40)
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