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Collection: | | Corinth | Type: | | Object | Name: | | A 992 | Title: | | POROS RECTANGULAR STELE-FORM ALTAR WITH RELIEF SNAKES | Category: | | Architecture | Category Code: | | A | Object Number: | | 992 | Old Number: | | S 2748, lapsed. | Description: | | Rectangular altar with stepped bottom front surface 0.075 m. high, front shaft flat with two slightly undulating half round verticals, probably representations of snakes, above which is fascia 0.222 m. high. Horns above fascia rise 0.083 with space between horns 0.145 m. Whole monument cut with flat chisel no trace of stucco. No mouldings on side or back face. No cuttings or trace of burning between horns. | Material: | | Poros | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Chipped, but in one piece. | Dimensions Actual: | | H. 0.865, W. 0.305, Th. 0.175, H. sculptured shaft panel 0.47 | Period: | | Classical | Chronology: | | Classical or Hellenistic. | Provenance: | | Corinth | Findspot Description: | | FIB inv. 1980. | Site: | | Corinth | City: | | Ancient Corinth | Country: | | Greece |
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