Corinth Object: I 1998 1
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   I 1998 1
Title:   INSCRIPTION: EARLY CHRISTIAN GRAVESTONE
Category Code:   I
Year:   1998
Object Number:   1
Description:   Inscribed marble revetment, inscribed surface lightly polished, back surface smooth.
Writing:   inscribed. Inscribed in Greek: four-line text, fragmentary, letters deeply and cleanly cut, height of letters 00.014 to 00.021, vertical line spacing 00.006 to 00.008]. . upright[/]H S D[/]S A N or M[/]D E[for letter forms, see Corinth 8.3
Material:   Fine crystalled white marble with micaceous veins.
Condition:   Fragment. Fragmentary inscription, broken along all edges, irregular breaks, preserving front and back. Both surfaces, break blacked by fire.
Dimensions Actual:   T00.031
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.112 W00.059
Period:   Early Christian - give preference to periods
Chronology:   Early Christian, context Late Byzantine (12th century)
Area:   Panaghia south
Context:   NB911 B49 P86
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia south
Image: bw 1998 024 21
Basket: NB911 B49 P86
Notebook Page: NB 911, spread 48 (p. 87)