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Collection: | | Corinth | Type: | | Object | Name: | | A 1063 | Title: | | EARLY CHRISTIAN CAPITAL | Category: | | Architecture | Category Code: | | A | Object Number: | | 1063 | Old Number: | | S-XXXX-3758 (lapsed) Mpile 312 (lapsed) | Description: | | Capital with concave, widely flaring echinus offsetfrom abacus by shallow step H00.007; profile of abacus consists of 2 steps, profiles broken. Top surfaceroughly picked. Carved on echinus at corner is a smalldove, face downward, with wings gathered, legs foldedagainst body. For similar piece see A-XXXX-1062. | Material: | | Coarse grayish-white marble. | Condition: | | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving one corner, with part of echinus, incomplete profile of abacus; belly, head of bird broken away. | Dimensions Preserved: | | H00.103 L00.168 W00.161 | Period: | | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | Chronology: | | Early Christian | Area: | | Theater | Context: | | NB320 P373 | Site: | | Corinth | City: | | Ancient Corinth | Country: | | Greece | References: | | Monument: Theater
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