Corinth Object: S 1864
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   S 1864
Title:   MARBLE HEAD
Category:   Sculpture
Category Code:   S
Object Number:   1864
Related Objects:   S-1851 (similar to); joins S-1887
Description:   Marble head, similar to S-1851. Proper right eye (0.04 x 0.015). Unfinished locks beside eye. Head worked smooth at top, with regular, small pick marks and central hole for dowel to anchor join (0.02 x 0.01).
Decoration:   Face with wavy locks and deep curls. Classicizing locks over forehead; curls with drilled center at proper left side of face (0.005 diam.).
Material:   White marble.
Condition:   Fragment. With S-1851, preserving locks of hair and part of neck. Two pieces (with S-1887). Broken all around except for some locks of hair and at neck.
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Area:   Forum southeast
Context:   South Basilica South Stoa
    NB141 P101
Findspot Description:   South Basilica and South Stoa; from E of track some 1.25 m above floor level.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum southeast
Image: bw 4795
Basket: NB141 P101
Notebook Page: NB 141, spread 73 (pp. 101 - 102)