| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | I 14 | |
| Title: | INSCRIBED BUILDING BLOCK: LATIN | |
| Category Code: | I | |
| Object Number: | 14 | |
| Description: | Rectangular block, front face finely worked; anathyrosis on two ends; back worded with claw chisel; In top hook clamp at lt. end, long pry cutting 00.75 from lt. end, smaller pry 00.155 from rt. end. Topo: front edge worked smoothly, rest finely dressed with point. | |
| Writing: | inscribed. Inscribed on front face, Latin, letter H00.076: [trip pote]ST VIIII IMP XIX RAMI (?) Dean: prob. contained name of Vespasian; 9th year of tribunician power ended July 1, 78 | |
| Material: | Bluish marble - fine-crystal | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete. Face very worn. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.515 L02.1365 T00.448 | |
| Period: | 1 st c. A.C. | |
| Chronology: | 78 A.D., context Byzantine | |
| Area: | Propylaia | |
| Context: | Propylaia, Byzantine steps leading up to Propylaea: I-14 foun | |
| Bibliography: | AJA 1922 P464 N046; West 1931, Corinth 8.2, cat. 20; Corinth 20, 2003. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: West, Corinth 8:2, 1931 Publication: Dean, American Journal of Archaeolog26:4... 1922 Monument: Propylaia Basket: Propylaia, Byzantine steps leading up to Propylaea: I-14 foun |
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