| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 12949 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA MASK | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 12949 | |
| Description: | Mouldmade terracotta mask, 3/4 life-sized, with angular border framed by beard with braided pattern (cf. M- 6392 for similar beard texture on larger scale). Small ear with hole at lobe for suspension or wearing. | |
| Decoration: | Glossy finish over front surface. | |
| Material: | Hard reddish-brown clay with abundant rounded pebbly inclusions of various sizes. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 5/4 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Two joining frgts., preserving left ear, beard, and hair. Original left edge preserved with wide angle toward bottom edge. | |
| Manufacture: | F23 M MM | |
| Area: | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore | |
| Context: | NB282 B1 P77, LOT 2217 | |
| NB377 B3 P167, LOT 2217 | ||
| Bibliography: | Hesperia 38 (1969) p. 103, pl. 32c | |
| Site: | Acrocorinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore |
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