| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2011 24 | |
| Title: | MARBLE MOLD | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2011 | |
| Object Number: | 24 | |
| Description: | Marble slab, possibly a former revetment slab? Two surfaces smoothly finished; preserved edge worked with flat chisel. On upper surface, the following ornament (?) cut down into surface in very shallow relief. Described from the positive: a large ring, outer D00.046, inner D00.036, consisting of a flat band W00.005, decorated in low relief with a herringbone pattern, drilled hole in center of surface of mould for compass (?). Projecting from the perimeter of the ring are three of originally 4 trapezoidal tangs, surfaces of which cross-hatched in low relief. Projecting from end of one tang is part of a loop for suspension (?); in space between tangs are single narrow ribs or spikes in low relief. Unclear whether this is a mould for making an ornament: no evidence of burning or working, unless it was for a soft metal such as gold. Alternatively but less likely, it could have been some sort of low relief decoration on a revetment. Axis of ornament is not oriented to preserved edge | |
| Material: | Moderately fine-crystalled white marble | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of one edge, though broken along upper edge, front and back surfaces; broken three sides. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | T00.023 Depth cutting 00.001 L00.10 (ornament, max) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L00.114 W00.072 | |
| Period: | Roman | |
| Area: | Theater | |
| Context: | Theater, context 4012 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Theater Image: digital 2011 1231 Image: digital 2011 1864 |
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