Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | I 2867 | |
Title: | INSCRIBED STELE FROM TEMPLE HILL | |
Category Code: | I | |
Object Number: | 2867 | |
Description: | Marble slab smoothed on front and back sides. Possibly a freestanding stele or an inset into a building. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Two horizontal lines of Latin characters. Top row preserves the lower part of two letters OR (max. p. H. 0.019) and a dash. Bottom row preserves the tops of three illegible letters. Letter forms similar to Corinth VIII.3 n. 135 and 254. | |
Material: | Dense white-gray marble with rare sparkling inclusions and conchoidal fractures | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment preserves a small portion of the original slab. | |
Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.037 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.108, W. 0.038 | |
Period: | Roman | |
Chronology: | perhaps late 1st or early 2nd c. AD, based on letter form | |
Area: | Temple Hill | |
Context: | Temple Hill | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Temple Hill Image: digital 2010 4383 Basket: Temple Hill |