| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 1669 | |
| Title: | HEAD OF DIONYSOS | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 1669 | |
| Description: | Under life-size head of Dionysos, turned sharply to proper lt. and back. Wears wreath of grape leaves and round grapes; leaves deeply undercut with drill; supported by struts over crown. Hair parted in center with short curling tufts framing part; rest arranged in medium-length corkscrew curls framing face and neck, twists deeply drilled, tips drilled, and locks separated by drill; crown roughly facetted with flat chisel. Face oval, widest at cheeks, narrow forehead sloping out toward brow; brows project strongly above outer corners of eyes; eyebrow underlined by groove. Eyes set just beneath brow, upper lid overlapping lower. Rounded cheeks, nose breaks slightly at bridge, nostrils drilled. Small bow-shaped mouth with edge of teeth shown behind lips, parted by drill channel; tiny hole at each corner. Narrow chin. Fleshy neck with 2 softly modeled folds. Start of bust; ends in a tapering tenon, sides trimmed with claw, point on bottom. Skin parts polished. | |
| Mythology: | Dionysos | |
| Attributes: | Grape leaves | |
| Material: | Coarse-crystalled white marble | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Originally intact from top of head to base of neck/tenon, except for nose, RIP; after theft: broken and missing parts of wreath and hair, gash in tenon; nose partly broken | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.102 (face) W00.080 (eyes) W00.083 (cheeks) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.272 | |
| Period: | 2nd c. A.C. | |
| Chronology: | 8? 2nd c. ? | |
| Area: | Oakley south | |
| Context: | NB137 P20 | |
| Bibliography: | DeWaele, Corinthe et Saint Paul, p. 190. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Oakley south Images (6) Basket: NB137 P20 Notebook Page: NB 137, spread 14 (pp. 19 - 20) |
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