Comic mask. Large eyes, arched eyebrows, furrowed forehead.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Red clay. Semiglossy, thick, uneven reddish brown slip. Patch of dark discoloration from differential firing. Early/Middle Roman Athenian coroplastic fabric?
Preservation comment
One fragment preserves small part of eye, eyebrow, and forehead. Frequent, somewhat slight abrasion, flaking, pitting, and rare gouging; worn breaks.
“KE 1910 (Comic Mask).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1910>