Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | I 791 | |
Title: | LATIN POEM | |
Category Code: | I | |
Object Number: | 791 | |
Old Number: | I-XXXX-0788 (lapsed) | |
Description: | Rectangular block, front, left side and top smoothly finished, possibly also back; right side roughly picked. Large rectangular cutting in upper rt. corner 00.28 x 00.26 x 00.055 m. deep. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Two inscriptions: A. Greek, two lines, on present top of block: ]ONAS OSTIS / ]ECHEIB. on main face, 10 lines of Latin:QUOD.NEQUE.CONATUS.QUISQUANST.NEQUE.NOSCITE.REM.UT.FAMAA.FACTA.FERAMUS.VIREIAUSPICIO.[ANTONI MARCI].PRO.CONSULE.CLASSIS ISTHMUM.TRAD | |
Material: | Acrocorinth limestone | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Six joining frgts., to which 7th added; preserving top, two sides, broken below. | |
Dimensions Actual: | L. 1.10 T0 0.22 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.78 | |
Period: | Hellenistic | |
Chronology: | End 2nd-early 1st B.C. | |
Area: | Lechaion Road | |
Context: | Lechaion Road, 5th step of Byzantine ramp ; under 6th step of ram | |
Bibliography: | West 1931, Corinth 8.2, cat, 1; Gebhard and Dickie 2003, Corinth 20, p. 271, fig. 16.3 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: West, Corinth 8:2, 1931 Monument: Lechaion Road Image: bw 1964 Basket: Lechaion Road, 5th step of Byzantine ramp ; under 6th step of ram |