| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | A 2006 1 | |
| Title: | LIMESTONE COLUMN | |
| Category: | Architecture | |
| Category Code: | A | |
| Year: | 2006 | |
| Object Number: | 1 | |
| Description: | Limestone column; cylindrical in form, flat on both ends, long sides are carved with eight broad facets resulting in an octagonal section. No traces of attachment or dowel holes; presumably freestanding. As Geometric tomb marker, unpublished parallels from the Proastiakos excavations and uninventoried from the Sacred Spring area. | |
| Material: | Pale gray limestone | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact, but for a few chips on one end. Pocked surface. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.412, W. 0.28 | |
| Period: | No precise date (NPD) | |
| Chronology: | Geometric? | |
| Area: | Panaghia west | |
| Context: | NB979 B60 P113, LOT 2006 017 | |
| Provenance: | Acrocorinth | |
| Bibliography: | Sanders et al. 2014, Hesperia 83:1 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Sanders et al., Hesperia 83:1, 2014 Monument: Panaghia west Image: bw 2007 017 36 Image: digital 2013 0900 Basket: NB979 B60 P113 |
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