Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | I 2858a | |
Title: | EPISTYLE FRIEZE BLOCK WITH LATIN INSCRIPTION | |
Category Code: | I | |
Object Number: | 2858 | |
Object Suffix: | a | |
Related Objects: | I-XXXX-2858B (join) | |
Description: | Epistyle-frieze block with single fascia PH00.068,cyma reversa H00.045, raised fillet H00.035, S-curved frieze H00.178, fillet H00.015, astragal H00.029, ovolo H00.048; bottom and top surfaces smooth, back roughly picked. For more of same, see I-XXXX-0024,I-XXXX-0119, I-XXXX-2449. | |
Decoration: | Traces of paint in letters. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Illegible Latin inscription on fascia. Letter Ht. 0.06+ m. | |
Material: | White marble with gray veining. | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Single frgt., preserving profile, bottom and top; broken at either end. Joins I-2858B but left apart. | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.44 T00.43 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L01.40 | |
Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
Chronology: | 2nd-3rd c. A.C. | |
Area: | Peirene | |
Context: | Peirene, Early excavations, exact provenance unknown (in 19 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Peirene Basket: Peirene, Early excavations, exact provenance unknown (in 19 |