| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | A 1078 | |
| Title: | CORINTHIAN PILASTER CAPITAL | |
| Category: | Architecture | |
| Category Code: | A | |
| Object Number: | 1078 | |
| Description: | Somewhat less than the right half of highly ornamental pilaster capital. Includes the abacus (ornamented with shallow tongues in low relief and ovolo). Flat calathus partly covered by two crowns of acanthus. Lower row has alternating lobe-shaped and conventional acanthus leaves; second crown leaves are more widely spaced , with S-shaped leaf and two helices near center. Surfaces smooth with slight, fine flat-chisel marks. Back is roughly picked and the lower edge of the front is chiseled down as if to let capital sit in a socket or fitting at the top of pilaster. There are three cuttings for hook-clamps, one on top, two on rear right side. Broneer has noted the similarities of this capital to those of the Odeion of Agrippa in Athens, probably built between 16 and 12 BC, and a date for our capital in the last quarter of the first century BC has been supported by a series of later "capital” studies. Associated elements from the fountain are unlikely to predate the first decade AC (likely Tiberian period) and suggest such a later date for this capital. For detailed discussion see B. Robinson (2001) 274-278. | |
| Material: | Fine grained white marble | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Slightly less than half of capital, complete from top to bottom | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.46; Max th. 0.115 (orig. at top); Min th. 0.065 (orig. at bottom) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | Max. W 0.29 (top); Min W 0.17 (bottom) | |
| Dimensions Restored: | Ca. 0.47 | |
| Period: | Roman | |
| Chronology: | First half of 1st century AD (B. Robinson). End of 1st century BC/1st century AD (O. Broneer) | |
| Findspot Description: | Near South Stoa Fountain. For excavation of area, see NB 197 (Howland 1935), esp. pp. 65-90. BR 8/04: I haven't been able to relocate exact reference amidst finds of much marble. | |
| Bibliography: | Broneer 1954, Corinth 1.4, p. 120; Plate 37.3; B. Robinson "Fountains and the Culture of Water," pp. 274-278, 471 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Broneer, Corinth 1:4, 1954 Publication: Robinson, Fountains and the Culture of Water ... 2001 Image: bw 2004 035 02 |
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