Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KE 823 (Terracotta Figurine of Dionysus[?])

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Type: Inventoried Object
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number: S 21
Typological identification: Terracotta Figurine
Description: Dionysos? Possibly male head with broad nose, fillet binding hair across forehead, and elaborate headgear above: ivy diadem? Moldmade; hollow.
Fabric, firing, and surface description: Fine, light buff clay. Corinthian coroplastic fabric.
Preservation comment: One fragment preserves front and back half of head. Slight, extensive abrasion, pitting, and scoring.
Preserved height: 0.038
Preserved width: 0.037
Material: Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Dionysos/Bacchus (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “KE 823 (Terracotta Figurine of Dionysus[?]).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0823>