Corinth Object: I 2858b
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   I 2858b
Title:   EPISTYLE FRIEZE BLOCK WITH LATIN INSCRIPTION
Category Code:   I
Object Number:   2858
Object Suffix:   b
Related Objects:   I-XXXX-2858A (join)
Description:   Epistyle-frieze block, see I-XXXX-2858A. Bottom smooth but preserving flat chisel marks; top very smooth; anathyrosis on rt. end; clamp at rt. end 0.16 m. from front of upper moulding, and part of 2nd 0.26 m. from upper front moulding.
Writing:   inscribed. Illegible Latin inscription on fascia.
Material:   White marble with gray veining.
Condition:   Complete profile. Single frgt., preserving bottom, profile, top, right end; broken at back and left end. Joins I-2858A but left apart.
Dimensions Actual:   H00.43
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.51 T00.39
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