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 |