Corinth Object: A 1997 2
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   A 1997 2
Title:   LIMESTONE IONIC CAPITAL, CLASSICAL ?
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   A
Year:   1997
Object Number:   2
Description:   Ionic capital, preserving part of flat resting surface, bolster cylindrical, flaring to volute face; channels of volute slightly convex, articulated by double fillets, 2 rotations of the spiral, ending in a large concave eye Depth00.012. Edge of flat bearing surface at top. Surfaces finely finished, tooling not visible.
Material:   Fine gray oolitic limestone.
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., small part of bottom resting surface, 1/4 of one volute, less than half length of bolster, edge of upper bearing surface.
Dimensions Actual:   L00.092 (ca. center eye-edge)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.145 W00.108 Depth00.132
Period:   5th c. B.C.
Chronology:   5th c. B.C. ?
Area:   Provenance Unknown
Context:   Provenance Unknown, Found in Inner Courtyard, probably Greek Archaeolo
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Provenance Unknown
Image: bw 1998 002 16
Basket: Provenance Unknown, Found in Inner Courtyard, probably Greek Archaeolo