Corinth Object: A 372
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   A 372
Title:   LIMESTONE FUNERAL COUCH
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   A
Object Number:   372
Description:   The top surface of the couch was made up of two long slabs so placed as to leave an aperture 0.055 wide between them. This aperture was found filled with coarse stucco at both ends and for a short distance just below one bolster. It was probably completely filled and stuccoed over at the time the couch was inserted in the tomb; the presence of the aperture may be explained by the necessity of employig narrow slabs of stone in order that they might be passed in through the narrow tomb entrance. For full description see publication in Corinth III2, pp 297-301
cf. t-c model bed from Eretria in Louvre (Encycl. Photog. De l'art, II, p 203d)
Material:   Poros limestone; the exterior surfaces were coated with stucco so as to conceal the joints. No traces of paint preserved.
Condition:   Complete or intact.
Dimensions Actual:   L. 2.03; W. 1.06; H. 0.61 (not including bolster) (not including the base on which each foot rests and which was concealed by the stuccoed floor of the tomb)
Area:   Cheliotomylos
Context:   Cheliotomylos
Findspot Description:   Chamber tomb at Cheliotomylos. May 22-23, 1931 Grave Index: grave 1931-58
Bibliography:   Carpenter & Bon 1936, Corinth 3.2, p. 297-301
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Carpenter & Bon, Corinth 3:2, 1936
Monument: Cheliotomylos
Images (5)
Basket: Cheliotomylos