Corinth Object: A 1092
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   A 1092
Title:   BALUSTRADE
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   A
Object Number:   1092
Description:   Two joining pieces from the top of a wall or balustrade. Top smoothed with saw; on one side, fascia (H. 0.085) worked smooth, below cyma reversa with lesbian leaf moulding. Below, ca 0.03 of finished surface, smooth just below chisel and then finished with claw chisel. On the other side, finished band at top broken away, remains of egg and dart moulding above bead and reel. Other related fragments: A 752, A 836-837, A 841, A 862-874, A 878, A 901, A 961-967, A 1025, A 1051, A 1080-1091, A 1093- 1095, A 1983 1-8, A 1983 11-12, A 1985 1, A 1986 6-7, A 1988 12, A 1994 4.
Material:   Fine-grained marble.
Condition:   Fragment. Two joining frgts., broken all around.
Dimensions Actual:   Th. 0.11
Dimensions Preserved:   L. 022, W. 0.11.
Period:   Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD)
Findspot Description:   Found in wooden tray in sculpture apotheke marked "Shear Basement, coffer and fruit friezes" with A 1080-1091, 1093-1095, frgt joining S 957, S 3651-3656; inventoried by A. Ajootian, July 2007.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 2007 022 22
Image: bw 2007 022 23