Corinth Object: A 2011 7
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   A 2011 7
Title:   THREE FASCIA ARCHIVOLT, WHITE MARBLE VENEER
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   A
Year:   2011
Object Number:   7
Description:   Veneer slab, front face carved in low relief with three fasciae dressed by claw chisel with flat chiseled margins, blade ca. 0.015. Wide crowning moulding having highest projection from face above cyma reversa. H. of crowning filet 0.055, H. of cyma reversa 0.08, H. of top fascia 0.12, H. of second fascia 0.118, H. of bottom fascia 0.08. Vertical joint of archivolt on right edge preserves two drilled pin holes. Circular hole 0.10 below top; oblong pin hole at 0.027 below top surface. Back surface point dressed as sent from quarry.
Material:   White Attic marble, without micaceous veining.
Condition:   Fragment. Three joining frgts preserve full height of slab and portions of all four edges.
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.465, Th. 0.035
Dimensions Preserved:   W. 0.368
Dimensions Restored:   W. of slab at base 0.305, W. of slab at top 0.45
Area:   Theater
Context:   Theater, context 2097
Bibliography:   Williams 2013, Hesperia 82.3, cat. 6
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Theater