Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | A 1069 | |
Title: | ROMAN MARBLE FOUNTAIN SPOUT | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | A | |
Object Number: | 1069 | |
Description: | A roughly rectangular block, present bottom smooth; one face vertical, roughly picked with smooth band W00.04 along one vertical edge; 2 adjacent sides roughly vertical and sculpted, but rounded at top; 4th face forms a projecting ledge at bottom, now broken away, above which face vertical but tapering at top. Center of block pierced vertically by a large hole D00.046-00.047 m., which widens somewhat toward bottom; at 00.035 m. below top, hole opens into a "bowl" surrounded by a raised round lip D00.14 m. The block is sculpted on 3 sides with fish: on 2 vertical sides, fish alternately right side up and upside down, in low relief, others placed along bottom, and swimming around perimeter of bowl with spout. On 3rd side, a single large dolphin in high relief, placed upright with beak overlapping top of block, on a roughly picked background. | |
Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble, vertical laminations. | |
Condition: | Complete profile. ? Single block, complete profile (?), preserving part of bottom (?), four sides, top; unclear whether bottom, in fact, original; broken along bottom of one side, at corners and part of one face; surface badly worn. | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.255 W00.30 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L00.325 | |
Period: | Roman | |
Chronology: | Roman | |
Area: | West Shops | |
Context: | West Shops, Exact provenance unknown, from early excavations. | |
Bibliography: | Robinson 2013, Hesperia 82.2, fig. 19 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: West Shops Image: bw 1997 029 26 Basket: West Shops, Exact provenance unknown, from early excavations. |