Corinth Object: I 9
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   I 9
Title:   MARBLE INSCRIBED STATUE BASE: GREEK IMPERIAL
Category Code:   I
Object Number:   9
Description:   Low rectangular base, base moulding with fascia, cyma reversa; crowning moulding: cyma reversa, fascia. All four faces worked with claw chisel. On top a series of cuttings, lt. to rt.: round cutting set in 0.31 from face, 0.07 m. from lt. edge, D00.065 Depth00.06; cutting 2 set 0.065 m. from 1, 0.26 from front face, is a right angle with rounded ends L00.11, connected to back and lt. edge by pour channels; cutting 3 at rt. break, set 00.086 m. from 2, have only part. Top worked with point.
Writing:   inscribed. Two lines in Greek.
Material:   Fine white marble.
Condition:   Complete profile. Complete profile; broken at right.
Dimensions Actual:   H00.305 T00.57 H00.07 (base moulding) H00.08 (crowning moulding)
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.54
Area:   Propylaia
Context:   Propylaia, Found in a late wall, built on the west buttress o
Findspot Description:   Late wall built on the west buttress of the Propylaia, immediately to the right of the entrance.
Bibliography:   Powell 1903, AJA 7, p. 52, n.26; Meritt 1931, Corinth 8.1, pp.61-62, cat.82.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Propylaia
Image: bw 1631
Image: bw 1999 018 08
Basket: Propylaia, Found in a late wall, built on the west buttress o