Corinth Object: MF 14207
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 14207
Title:   MARBLE VASE WITH RELIEF DECORATION
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   14207
Old Number:   S-XXXX-2149 (stored there)
Description:   Vessel with cylindrical upper body, fine lip tapering on interior. Surfaces worked smoothly, relief decoration on exterior.
Decoration:   Exterior of body decorated in low relief with nude standing male, preserved down to top of legs, all of lt. arm, rt. upper arm. Frontal, weight on rt. leg, pushing rt. hip up and in. Rt. arm at side, lt. arm bent, hand holding staff or thyrsos at height of head. Hair long, with central part, roll surrounding face, long lock on either shoulder; features somewhat schematically cut.
Mythology:   Dionysos ?
Attributes:   Thyrsos ?
Material:   Fine-crystalled white marble
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving upper body to lip, small part of circumference; lip largely chipped away on exterior.
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.103 W00.076
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:   Early Roman ?
Area:   Temple Hill North Roman Market
Context:   NB105 P22
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Temple Hill North Roman Market
Basket: NB105 P22