Corinth Object: I 647
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   I 647
Title:   LATIN INSCRIPTION
Category Code:   I
Object Number:   647
Related Objects:   I-308, I-568, I-590, I-853, I-1487, I-2067A, I-2067B
Description:   Thin marble slab with inscription with plain sides, moulding on rear face near bottom, letters poorly to fairly well cut. From thinner slab belong I-308, I-647, and I-2067B; from thicker slab belong I-568, I-590, I-853, I-1487, and I-2067A.
Writing:   inscribed. Three lines in Latin:
1st: [-]CN.BABBI[us-]
2nd: [-]EIVS.[vacant]
3rd: [-]IBOI[-]
Material:   White marble.
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving top and rear faces.
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:   according to Corinth 8.3
Area:   Southeast Building
Context:   NB75 P332
Bibliography:   Kent 1966, Corinth 8.3, cat. 364A; AJA 1919, #11, p. 170, fig. 7; West 1931, Corinth 8.2, cat. 100
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Southeast Building
Image: bw 1978b
Image: bw 7397
Image: digital 2015 2284
Basket: NB75 P332
Notebook Page: NB 75, spread 72 (pp. 332 - 333)