| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | T 246 | |
| Title: | HEAD OF APHRODITE | |
| Category: | Miscellaneous | |
| Category Code: | T | |
| Object Number: | 246 | |
| Description: | This approximately life-size female head presents a long, rounded-oval form. The head, turned to proper right, is slightly inclined to the right. In front view, the left contour is clearer than the right, the right cheek sloping back more sharply, but this feature is not evident in the optimum view from three-quarter left. The hair, centrally parted, covers most of the ears, and is bound by a sakkos at the nape. Groups of strands are lightly separated, but drillwork and sharp chisel work are absent. The long upper eyelids project out and down, while the short lower lids are unarticulated, making a smooth transition to the cheeks. The right lid, preserved to its original length beside the nose, is wider than the left. The eyeballs tilt forward at the top. The brows, characterized by soft, definite ridges, form graceful curves; the nose has gradually sloping sides. The lips are fleshy and somewhat open, the lower lip fuller than the upper. "Venus rings" are rendered in the neck with shallow modeling. The head is evenly finished on all sides, the surfaces carefully smoothed. The hair is strongly colored by red pigment, but there is no sign of gilding. Red also survives outlining the eyesand inside the mouth and nostrils, and it was presumably used for the lips as well. A light-brown color, which may be traces of pigment, survives on some facial surfaces. | |
| Material: | White fine grained marble; Micaceous; Pentelic. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment head to ca. base of neck; nose broken, chips on surface. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Diam. 0.252, Diam. of neck 0.135, W. of neck 0.138, W. of face at cheekbones 0.155, W. at temples 0.240, L. forehead to chin 0.192 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.343 | |
| Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Hadrianic. | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth 20, 2003.; Sturgeon 2004, Corinth 9.3, cat. 15 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Sturgeon, Corinth 9:3, 2004 Images (7) |
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