Corinth Object: A 1099
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   A 1099
Title:   MARBLE PILASTER CAPITAL
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   A
Object Number:   1099
Description:   Finely carved marble pilaster.
Decoration:   On front face anthemia in relief, with surfaces of leaves sharply cut out in delicate grooves. On sides, likely palmettes. Palmettes and anthemia bordered by double volutes, finely carved and with concave surface, flaring away from face and meeting voluter from other side at upper corners. Similar to A-1100.
Material:   Marble.
Condition:   Fragment. Two joining frgts., preserving part of base, part of sides, almost all of volute at left corner, and front. Surface slightly worn.
Dimensions Preserved:   L. 0.235 (face), W. 0.132, H. 0.135
Period:   Roman
Area:   Bema
Context:   Bema
Bibliography:   Scranton 1951, Corinth 1.3, pl. 42.3 (left)
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Bema
Images (4)
Basket: Bema