Corinth Object: A 505
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   A 505
Title:   POROS COLUMN SHAFT, FACETED
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   A
Object Number:   505
Description:   Shaft with 20 flat facets. The flat base is marked by a tiny hole at centre (for point of dividers?) and by two incised lines intersecting at right angles at the hole. The lines meet the edge of the base at the mid-points of four diametrically opposed facets. The facets are ca. 0.06 wide at base and ca. 0.055 wide at top.
Material:   Poros limestone without trace of stucco coating.
Condition:   Missing parts. Top broken away.
Dimensions Actual:   Diam. base 0.373
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.73, Diam. top 0.35
Area:   Minor Projects
Context:   NB292 B5 P43
Bibliography:   Hesperia 38, 1969, 31, n. 68, pl. 8.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Minor Projects
Image: bw 1965 111 34
Image: bw 1966 005 30
Image: bw 1966 013 14