Agora Object: T 1019
Inventory Number:   T 1019
Section Number:   ΠΘ 608
Title:   Female Mask
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ:   Πήλινο κωμικό προσωπείο ψευδοκόρης Ελληνιστικό
Category:   Terracotta
Description:   First interpretation: female head.
The finished lower edge seems to be preserved at the front; chipped at the back.
A woman 's face, with large heavy features and open lips. The heavy roll of hair, parted in the middle, is crowned at the top by a bunched of flowers (?).
Back plain; pierced near the top with two holes.
No color.
Pinkish buff clay.
Cf. Olynthos XIV, p. 109, pl. 37, no. 88; p. 316, pl. 137, no. 462.
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Πήλινο προσωπείο γυναικός από κωμωδία. Η μορφή φέρει μεγάλα εκφραστικά χαρακτηριστικά.
Context:   Hellenistic fill. On Kolonos Agoraios. Found with arretine and glazed ware.
Hellenistic-Early Roman.
Negatives:   Leica, 80-84-31
Dimensions:   P.H. 0.063; W. 0.048, (face) 0.033; Th. 0.043; H. (face) 0.042
Date:   4 March 1936
Section:   ΠΘ
Grid:   ΠΘ:30/ΝΕ
Deposit:   B-C 10-11:1
Lot:   Lot ΠΘ 62
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   BICS Suppl. 11 (1961), p. 53, no. AT 8.
    AntK 1 (1960), p. 33, noted.
    Hesperia 29 (1960), p. 277, pl. 68, no. C 5.
Is Similar To:   Agora:Object:Olynthos XIV (1952), p. 109, pl. 37, no. 88; p. 316, pl. 137, no. 462.
References:   Publication: Hesperia 29 (1960)
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Deposit: B-C 10-11:1
Card: T 1019