Corinth Object: I 791
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