Corinth Object: A 1998 6
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   A 1998 6
Title:   PLASTER MOLDING
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   A
Year:   1998
Object Number:   6
Description:   Plaster decoration, flat and smooth in back,top surface flattened but with raised striations along front, back edges. In front is the tip of a palmette in low relief, impressed 00.011-00.016 m. below surface; preserved is the central pointed and angular petal, with parts of 2 to rt., 1 to lt. To rt. of palmette are 3 curving ridges of graduated lengths and extending horizontally. Above this surface smooth and flat to top of slab, with a few drips of plaster adhering to it. Possibly made in 2 layers, in back at rt. end part of surface broken away to reveal a rougher underlying surface T 0.01. See A-1998-5, A-1998-7, and A-1998-9 for more.
Material:   White plaster with tiny pits.
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving front, top and back; broken below and either end.
Dimensions Actual:   T00.046
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.096 L00.214
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:   ? 71 ? late 1st or 2nd c. A.C. ?
Area:   Ioannou Bath east of Great Bath
Context:   Ioannou Bath east of Great Bath, From excavation dump (Greek Archaeological Service
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Ioannou Bath east of Great Bath
Image: bw 1998 028 31
Basket: Ioannou Bath east of Great Bath, From excavation dump (Greek Archaeological Service