Corinth Object: A 2011 5
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   A 2011 5
Title:   MARBLE CROWNING MOLDING WITH GLASS
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   A
Year:   2011
Object Number:   5
Description:   Marble crowning moulding, possibly for reveted pilaster, below capital: three leaves pointed upwards in a row, attached one to the next with incised lines between them (W. varies between 0.033 to 0.036), set vertically; leaves cover whole height of slab; spaces in-between them, both voids at top between leaves and in incisions at bottom, are filled with blue glass (Metaxia Papageorgiou and Nikolaos Zaxarias, University of Peloponnese, XRF analysis, summer 2011).
Material:   White, fine-grained marble, blue glass
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving small part of moulding, broken at right and left side. Traces of paint among leaves. Back surface preserves saw lines.
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.044, W. 0.009
Dimensions Preserved:   L. 0.100
Area:   Theater
Context:   Theater, context 2097
Bibliography:   Williams 2013, Hesperia 82.3, cat. 16
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Theater