University of Chicago Excavations at

ISTHMIA

Head of Terracotta Figurine

"Ceramics in the construction fill [House X, Room A]... provide a date for the construction of the floor in Room A during the late 4th century or the first quarter of the 3rd. The terracotta figurine of a woman makes it likley that construction did not predate 300 B.C."

"The University of Chicago Excavations in the Rachi Settlement at Isthmia, 1989", Hesperia Vol. 65 (1996), by Virginia Anderson-Stojanovic

Terracotta figurine of woman.

P.H. 0.031. W. 0.020. Depth (front to back) 0.030.

Head broken at neck.

Corinthian clay. Head of woman wearing elaborate "melon" coiffure and earrings, tilting her head to her proper right. Her hair bears extensive areas of a dark reddish brown (close to 10R 4/6) matte paint. There are also traces of white paint in the crease between her chin and the top of her neck.
Delicate, close-set, deeply recessed eyes, a long nose, and a small horizontal mouth set just under the nose. Hair extensively retouched with a sharp tool while the clay was still moist. The earrings are formed by small spherical clay pellets added to the head, then indented.

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