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Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
S 81
Description
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.
Preserved height
0.033
Preserved width
0.055
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Photograph