Corinth Object: S 3618
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   S 3618
Title:   MARBLE RELIEF
Category:   Sculpture
Category Code:   S
Object Number:   3618
Description:   Small-scale releif with figured scene in low relief crowned by plain flat moulding H00.013. Top surface not horizontal but rises at angle from face. Back lightly concave, thicker at top, thinner through frieze, worked with flat chisel. In frieze: Raised and bent arm of figure, holding staff or reins (?) at slightly oblique angle. Arm thick through elbow. Hand shown from back, fingers only sketchily rendered. Unintelligible object above arm and blending into fascia, Background smooth.
Material:   Fine-crystalled white marble.
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., upper part of figured area, small patch of top surface, back.
Dimensions Actual:   T00.018-00.036
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.078 W00.076
Period:   Roman
Chronology:   ? or earlier ?
Area:   Early Excavations
Context:   Early Excavations, From marble pile in inner court of museum
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Early Excavations
Basket: Early Excavations, From marble pile in inner court of museum