Corinth Object: T 150
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   T 150
Title:   RELIEF OF GRIFFIN: CLAW TO RIGHT
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   T
Object Number:   150
Old Number:   T-0371 (lapsed)
Description:   Relief, back of which sawn smooth, front worked with claw chisel. On it in relief is a griffin paw, presumably raised from ground, and directed rt. Preserved are parts of 4 toes with claws. Toes carved with flat chisel. See T-0029.
Mythology:   Griffin
Material:   Fine-crystalled white micaceous marble.
Condition:   Fragment. Originally single frgt., broken all edges, preserving front and b; added join, giving more of front and back, broken edges.
Dimensions Actual:   T00.056 (background) T00.075 (max)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.198 L00.30
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:   Hadrianic
Area:   Theater
Context:   Theater, From Capps inventory of Theater frieze material. N
Bibliography:   T-150: Corinth IX.ii, no. H7-3; T-371: Corinth IX, ii, no. U59; Sturgeon 2004, Corinth 9.3, cat. 5E
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Sturgeon, Corinth 9:2, 1977
Publication: Sturgeon, Corinth 9:3, 2004
Monument: Theater
Image: bw 7863