Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | Z 254 | |
Title: | EARLY HELLADIC ANIMAL HEAD | |
Category: | Miscellaneous | |
Category Code: | Z | |
Object Number: | 254 | |
Description: | Head of an animal with a long neck; horns and whole body below neck are missing; finished with a partial coat of glaze in the style of the pottery group B. The eyes are deeply punched round holes, each with a large raised pupil in it, which contributes not a little to the realistic effect. The snout is long and tapering, but ends in a flat surface. On the whole a rather casual piece of work, it nevertheless suggests that Early Helladic modellers were not without ability and some keenness of observation. (Blegen, Zygouries, pg 186) | |
Decoration: | The color is pale red. The front part of the head and the snout were not painted, but there is a ring around each eye, and on the top of the head and the neck a thicker coat than elsewhere may indicate shaggy hair. (Blegen, Zygouries, pg 186) | |
Material: | Light buff clay, not especially well pruified but baked hard | |
Condition: | Fragment. Horns, whole of body below neck missing | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H: 0.048; L: 0.033 | |
Period: | Early Helladic | |
Findspot Description: | SE corner of the E room or court of House U, Zygories | |
Bibliography: | Zygouries pg 186; plate XXI.3 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928 Image: bw 2002 015 09a |