Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | I 388 | |
Title: | MARBLE INSCRIPTION | |
Category Code: | I | |
Object Number: | 388 | |
Description: | Marble inscription with letters decreasing in height by line: 1) 0.065, first letter 0.076; 2) 0.055-0.057; 3) 0.051; line 4 also smaller. Similar lettering as I-523. | |
Decoration: | Odd thickening of some finials and of all horizontal strokes of letters. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Four lines in Greek. 1st: LOUKI[on-] 2nd: LOUKIOY [uion-----anti] 3rd: STRATHGO[n-] 4th: KAI STRAT[hgon-] | |
Material: | Marble. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving original top and left sides, broken at left and bottom. Thickness uneven, greatest at right: at top 0.03-0.034; at bottom 0.023-0.027. | |
Area: | Peirene | |
Context: | Peirene | |
Findspot Description: | Found in 1905 in early Spring while deep digging in North apse of Peirene Foutain. | |
Bibliography: | Meritt 1931, Corinth 8.1, cat. 95; AJA 1919, p. 388, no. 97 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Peirene Image: bw 0699 Image: digital 2011 7240 Basket: Peirene |