Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | A 374 | |
Title: | WHITE MARBLE CAPITAL FROM MONUMENT BASE | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | A | |
Object Number: | 374 | |
Description: | The capital consisted of two section. The upper section was a plain cylindrical shaft, 0.08 m. high, crowned by a plain moulding and worked with fine chisel. The lower section is also a cylindrical shaft, 0.18 m. high, with festooned upper border worked with fine chisel. The surface of the lower section is smooth and was decorated with lotus flowers alternating with palmettes. A whole palmette and a whole lotus flower, also the left hald of a second palmette and the right outer leaf of a lotus flower are perserved. On the top the capital shows two dowel holes, on the bottom it shows an anathyrosis. | |
Condition: | Fragment. The fragment shows a crack on its left upper part. The crowning moulding is mostly broken off. The relief is in good condition. | |
Area: | Forum southeast | |
Context: | Forum southeast | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum southeast Image: bw 3679 Basket: Forum southeast Notebook Page: NB 135, spread 23 (pp. 36 - 37) |