Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | I 2864 | |
Title: | INSCRIPTION | |
Category Code: | I | |
Object Number: | 2864 | |
Description: | Inscription on top face of marble block reused in repair of steps; inscription was probably cut when block was already in fragmentary condition (i.e. broken faces original to inscription). | |
Writing: | inscribed. Graffito inscription on top face of step, | |
Material: | marble | |
Condition: | Fragment. Portions of top, left, and front faces original; left half of front broken away; right side broken away; back and bottom not visible; viewed from above, block is L-shaped (originally rectangular). | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.135 L00.698 T00.296 | |
Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
Chronology: | probably 3rd or 4th cent. A.C. (letter forms and context) | |
Area: | Roman Bath (Great Bath on the Lechaion Road) | |
Context: | NB366 B3 P80 | |
Findspot Description: | Top face of lowest step; inscription is on the 7th block counting from the north. | |
Bibliography: | Corinth XVII, p. 10 note 14 and plate 4b | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Biers, Corinth 17, 1985 Monument: Roman Bath (Great Bath on the Lechaion Road) Basket: NB366 B3 P80 |