Corinth Object: I 2003 1
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   I 2003 1
Title:   ARCHAIC POROS INSCRIPTION
Category Code:   I
Year:   2003
Object Number:   1
Description:   Rectangular block with faces roughly finished. Slightly raised wide fascia (W. 0.03) separated from inscribed face by vertical groove frames inscription to the right. Letters deeply carved.
Writing:   inscribed. Inscribed in Greek, parts of two lines, letter H. 0.036, distance between lines 0.02: ]OTO / ]XO. . Stone and letters similar to I-1 (Corinth VIII.1, p. 1, no. 1).
Material:   Poros limestone
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving small part of two finished sides, inscribed front side and right side, broken on all other sides and back. Traces of white slip with red paint overtop preserved in the grooves of the letters.
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.135, W. 0.19, Th. 0.125
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Area:   Panaghia south
Context:   NB960 B19 P48, LOT 2003 045
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia south
Image: bw 2006 024 02a
Image: digital 2011 7252
Image: slide 2008 054 08
Basket: NB960 B19 P48
Notebook Page: NB 960, spread 29 (pp. 48 - 49)
Notebook Page: NB 960, spread 30 (pp. 50 - 51)