| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 12972 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA MASK | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 12972 | |
| Description: | Mouldmade terracotta mask, 1/2 life-sized, with wide, pierced eyes, short upturned nose with large pierced nostrils, molded mustache, and thick-lipped, open mouth. cf. MF-11628 and MF-3860. Closest to MF-12576 and MF-13698 | |
| Decoration: | White slip with orange details around lips and eyes. | |
| Material: | Coarse dark red clay with frequent irregularly shaped large inclusions. Center is light brown. | |
| Munsell Color: | Exterior: 5YR 6/6, Interior: 7.5YR 6/3 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Two joining frgts., preserving nose, mustache, upper lip, and corner of right eye. | |
| Manufacture: | F23 M MM | |
| Area: | Gymnasium | |
| Context: | NB379 B5 P32 | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia 38 (1969) p. 103, pl. 22j | |
| Site: | Gymnasium | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Gymnasium Basket: NB379 B5 P32 |
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