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Collection: | | Corinth | Type: | | Object | Name: | | A 982 | Title: | | CYLINDRICAL POROS ALTAR | Category: | | Architecture | Category Code: | | A | Object Number: | | 982 | Description: | | Lowest zone damaged, probably unfinished and sunk into floor. Above smooth fascia between 0.045 and 0.06 m. high. Horizontal setback, vertical shaft rising to apophyge. On shaft three incised horizontal lines, one at 0.015, one at 0.027 and one 0.16 above setback. Top line defines fascia area of shaft. Above apophyge ovolo, setback above divided in two by horizontal groove, very poorly preserved. Bottom horizontal surface has central empolion. Similar, less well preserved empolion weathered and worn on top horizontal surface. | Material: | | Poros | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Chipped and worn. | Dimensions Actual: | | H. 0.378, Diam. max. 0.29, Diam. shaft 0.242-0.245 | Period: | | Hellenistic | Chronology: | | Probably second half third, first half second c. | Provenance: | | Corinth | Site: | | Corinth | City: | | Ancient Corinth | Country: | | Greece | References: | | Notebook Page: NB 200, spread 44 (pp. 278 - 279)
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