Corinth Object: I 541
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   I 541
Title:   GRAVE STELE WITH RELIEF AND INSCRIPTION
Category Code:   I
Object Number:   541
Old Number:   S-1026
Description:   Stele. Inscription at the top of the relief-field. Poor work, battered.
Decoration:   Stele surmounted by gable with rosette in low relief. Man at right clasp hand of seated woman.
Writing:   inscribed. Two lines of text in Greek. Lunate sigma and epsilon, cursive omega. Poor quality of writing.
Material:   White marble
Condition:   Missing parts. Part of pediment at top missing. Broken at bottom at waists of figures. Part of the right side of the gable lost.
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.285 m, W. 0.28 m, Th. 0.09 m
Period:   2nd c. A.C.
Findspot Description:   Area north of the Lechaion Road Basilica
Bibliography:   Meritt 1931, Corinth 8.1, p.89, cat. 131; Johnson 1931, Corinth 9, p.126, no.262
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 1618
Image: bw 2448