| 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 |
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