Agora Object: S 1071
Inventory Number:   S 1071
Section Number:   ΙΙ 454
Title:   Head of Kore
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ:   Κεφαλή Κόρης, ίσως από άγαλμα Κόρης αφιερωμένο στην Ακρόπολη. Νησιωτικό μάρμαρο
Category:   Sculpture
Description:   Broken off at neck; back of head (including most of the left ear) sliced off diagonally, and nose missing; surface considerably battered.
Head of archaic Kore type, about life-size, with a diadem and large stud earrings. The hair escapes from under the diadem in parallel wavy strands ending in two rows of snail curls framing the upper part of the face. On the sides and back, it hangs down long behind the ears in heavy ribbon-like locks. The top of the head, where it is preserved, is slightly but carefully stippled, save for a few shallow locks, which are indicated immediately above the diadem in front.
Large eyes with heavy lids, projecting eyeballs and pronounced tear-ducts; mouth only slightly smiling, with thick lips. Ears comparatively small and naturally rendered.
At the top of the head, at the upper edge of the diadem, on each side, approximately above the outer corners of the eyes, are remains of a carefully drilled hole. A trace of a similar hole is preserved at the back, all presumably for some ornamental attachment to the diadem.
Island marble.
Drilled and set with bronze dowel 1956.
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Μαρμάρινη κεφαλή Αρχαϊκής κόρης. Φέρει αποκρούσεις στο πίσω μέρος του κεφαλιού και στη μύτη. Στο κεφάλι φέρει διάδημα.
Notes:   Ca. 7.50m. below floor level
Context:   Brick shaft and drain, fill B, ca. 7.50m. below floor level of chambers, cf. II, p. 1593.
Notebook Page:   1593
Negatives:   Leica, 8-112, 8-113, 8-114, color slide
Dimensions:   P.H. 0.22; P.W. ca. 0.165; P.Th. ca. 0.16; Diam. (drilled hole) ca. 0.006
Material:   Marble (Island)
Date:   1 June 1938
Section:   ΙΙ
Grid:   ΙΙ:20/ΚΔ
Elevation:   Ca. -7.50m.
Masl:   -7.5m.
Deposit:   U 22:1.2
Bibliography:   Museum Guide (2014), p. 129.
    Guide (1990), p. 236.
    Guide (1976), p. 238.
    Guide (1962), p. 157.
    Hesperia 8 (1939), pp. 235, 237, fig. 34.
    AA 53 (1938), p. 560, fig. 10.
    Agora XI, no. 73, pp. 20-21, pls. 5-6.
References:   Publication: Agora XI
Publication: Hesperia 8 (1939)
Publication: Museum Guide (2014)
Publication Page: Agora 11, s. 39, p. 20
Publication Page: Agora 11, s. 196, p. 177
Images (47)
Deposit: U 22:1
Deposit: U 22:1.2
Card: S 1071
Card: S 1071