| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1937 3015 | |
| Title: | CLOSED VESSEL WITH OUTLINE STYLE HEAD | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1937 | |
| Object Number: | 3015 | |
| Description: | Fragment, possibly from shoulder, of closed vessel with slight convex curve on longitudinal axis. | |
| Decoration: | Decorated in outline style in light red-brown paint: head of woman in profile to rt.: curly hair pulled back from face, straight profile from forehead to nose, small indented mouth, pointed chin, eye framed by long upper lashes; long neck around which a purple ribbon from which presumably hangs an ornament, possibly an upside down bud, in red-brown; start of shoulder at break. To rt., at height of nose, a second element, now unintelligible. Interior of vase reserved. | |
| Material: | Fine clay fired buff at surfaces, pale pinkish buff at core, with rare fine voids. | |
| Munsell Color: | Inner surface: between 10YR 7.5/5 and 7.5YR 7.5/5 (no good match) ; core: 5YR 5/6 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving body; broken all around. | |
| Manufacture: | C19 WM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | T00.004 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.042 W00.022 | |
| Period: | 5th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | 5th cent. B.C., context 13th c. | |
| Area: | South Stoa west | |
| Context: | NB170 P65 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: South Stoa west Image: bw 1998 002 12 Basket: NB170 P65 Notebook Page: NB 170, spread 37 (pp. 65 - 66) |
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