Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | I 632 | |
Title: | EARLY ROMAN LATIN INSCRIPTION | |
STAMPED ANTEFIX | ||
Category Code: | I | |
Object Number: | 632 | |
Old Number: | I-667 (lapsed), I-680 (lapsed), I-573 (lapsed) | |
Related Objects: | I-633, I-164 | |
Description: | Marble revetment inscription, letters very well cut. Back smoothly finished. Belongs with I-573 and I-633. Marble revetment slab with inscription, sawn on back, smoothly finished in front; upper edge smooth with shallow cutting 0.18m from right edge, W. 0.032, in center of which is deep round hole (Diam. 0.005). Right edge partly sawn (?), partly rough picked with smooth edge. Latin: A: Cae[sa]ribus Augustis / [et] col(oniae) [La]ud(i) Iu[l(iae) / Cor(inthiensi)] B: [ - - - ] AV [ - - - ] / [ - - - ] NS F [ - - - ] English: For the Caesars Augusti and the Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis | |
Terracotta stamped anteifx with stamp across bottom. | ||
Writing: | inscribed. Two lines in Latin, interlinear space 0.040 | |
stamp. In Greek: A(PH)RODEISIOY | ||
Material: | White marble. | |
Reddish brown clay. | ||
Condition: | Fragment. Ten joining frgts., preserving top edge and right side; broken other sides. Joins I-667 and I-680; both lapsed. | |
Fragment. Single frgt., preserving about half of antefix. | ||
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Area: | Julian Basilica | |
Forum southwest | ||
Context: | NB78 P167 | |
NB72 P138 | ||
NB79 P528 | ||
Bibliography: | West 1931, Corinth 8.2, 11-12 no. 13, Dean 1922 p. 459, Scotton 2005, Scotton 2011 p.78-9, Corinth 22 I-2 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum southwest Monument: Julian Basilica Image: bw 2596 Image: digital 2015 2247 Basket: NB72 P138 Basket: NB78 P167 Basket: NB79 P528 |