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 |