Corinth Object: A 1970 85 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | A 1970 85 | | Title: | | GEISON BLOCK | | Category: | | Architecture | | Category Code: | | A | | Year: | | 1970 | | Object Number: | | 85 | | Description: | | Ionic flank geison block. Underside flat, nearly horiztonal, descending to blunt, squared break (Th. 0.012, H. 0.014-0.015). Front face vertical to height of 0.10 from base to drip; above this, projecting moulding of indistinct profile, originally executed in stucco. Upper surface rises at angle to front face. Evidence of anathyrosis on right on facing side, with band (Th. 0.05). Claw chisel on front face. Cf. A-1970-81 for similar profile but different size. Slope: 17. | | Material: | | Limestone. | | Condition: | | Fragment. Single frgt., broken at back and one side. Stone badly pitted and weathered. | | Dimensions Preserved: | | H. 0.154 (front face), W. 0.15, Th. 0.23 | | Findspot Description: | | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter. Building X, Poros pile, 1970. Temple T-U:22 | | Bibliography: | | Bookidis & Stroud 1997, Corinth 18.3, cat. 50, p. 458 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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