| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 1996 5 | |
| Title: | CARVED COFFER, BACK REUSED FOR FRANKISH RELIEF | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Year: | 1996 | |
| Object Number: | 5 | |
| Description: | Original use: central panel with raised relief c. 00.003 m high; part of a head of a bird facing left with curved beak with incised line down center; beak resting on 3-petalled flower or grapes; bordered by a 00.05 m. wide fascia with bead and reel in relief in center, a 00.02 m.-wide sunken channel, and a 2-stepped fascia (1st step W00.01, 2nd W00.015-00.02. Side concave; top flat, worked with flat chisel; has channel 00.025 m wide and 00.01 m high running down center. Reuse: relief wih feline head facing 3/4 lt., c. 00.035 m high; 1 small, pointed ear, smooth rounded head, heavy lidded eyes with deeply drilled pupils, wide flat nose with 2 horizontal wrinkles; wide grinning mouth, tongue extended, teeth articulated by 3 deep drill holes to either side of tongue; background smoothed with flat chisel; bordered by a band H00.035, W00.035. | |
| Material: | Coarse-grained grayish white marble | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Two joining frgts, part of side and top edges intact; borders, relief decoration chipped. Burning on surfaces, breaks | |
| Dimensions Actual: | T00.083 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.206 L00.153 | |
| Period: | 2nd c. A.C. | |
| Chronology: | 8: Original use: 2nd c. A.D.; reuse: 84 Frankish? | |
| Area: | Temple E south | |
| Context: | NB890 B15 P26 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Temple E south Image: digital 2015 2027 Image: digital 2015 2028 |
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