| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 313 | |
| Title: | HEAD OF APHRODITE | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 313 | |
| Description: | Head of Aphrodite with hair parted in middle and gathered into a knot at back of head. A fillet is wound tice around the head. Fair Roman work; a copy of Cnidian Aphrodite by Praxiteles. | |
| Mythology: | Aphrodite | |
| Material: | Marble. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Much of face lacking: left eye, left cheek, forehead, and part of right cheek preserved. | |
| Area: | Lechaion Road | |
| Context: | NB10 P25 | |
| Findspot Description: | Found in shop "furthest south" on Lechaeon Road. | |
| Bibliography: | Johnson 1931, Corinth 9, cat. 39; Hesperia 1981, Vol. 50, p. 442 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Lechaion Road Image: bw 0136 Basket: NB10 P25 Notebook Page: NB 10, spread 17 (p. 25) |
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