Corinth Object: A 1991 3
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   A 1991 3
Title:   POROS DORIC COLIMN DRUM
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   A
Year:   1991
Object Number:   3
Decoration:   Doric column drum with 20 flutes. The scale is appropriate for the outer colonnade of the South Stoa, where the columns have a diameter ranging from 0.906 m at the bottom to 0.748m at the top (measured between flutes). In its secondary use, the drum was hollowed out to serve as a well head (of Well 1991-1).
Material:   Poros
Dimensions Preserved:   Diam. between flutes ca. 0.755
Chronology:   Late 4th c. B.C.?
Findspot Description:   Reused as the wellhead embedded in the east wall of Room 4 of Unit 1.
Bibliography:   Williams and Zervos 1992, p. 138, fig. 3, pp. 141, 145, pl. 34:a.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece