| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | I 577 | |
| Title: | GREEK INSCRIPTION | |
| Category Code: | I | |
| Object Number: | 577 | |
| Description: | Greek inscription, poorly cut. Variously restored by other publications. Caution is warranted on date since the epitaph is not associated with a specific tomb and from a problematic context. | |
| Decoration: | Below inscription: incised bird, facing left, with lines indicating feathers and wing. | |
| Writing: | inscribed. Three lines in Greek. | |
| Material: | Bluish marble. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving right edge. | |
| Chronology: | Walbank: early 7th century CE; Sironen 5th or 6th century CE. Dating by month day and year of indiction becomes common in 6ht century CE. | |
| Area: | Julian Basilica | |
| Context: | NB72 P161 | |
| Bibliography: | Meritt 1931, Corinth 8.1, cat. 164, Corinth 22 I-81, Bees 1941 p. 110 no. 53. Walbank 2010 p. 299. Sironen IG IV(2).3 1315 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Julian Basilica Image: bw 1624 Image: digital 2015 2226 Basket: NB72 P161 |
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