Corinth Object: I 2858a
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