Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | A 1997 2 | |
Title: | LIMESTONE IONIC CAPITAL, CLASSICAL ? | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | A | |
Year: | 1997 | |
Object Number: | 2 | |
Description: | Ionic capital, preserving part of flat resting surface, bolster cylindrical, flaring to volute face; channels of volute slightly convex, articulated by double fillets, 2 rotations of the spiral, ending in a large concave eye Depth00.012. Edge of flat bearing surface at top. Surfaces finely finished, tooling not visible. | |
Material: | Fine gray oolitic limestone. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., small part of bottom resting surface, 1/4 of one volute, less than half length of bolster, edge of upper bearing surface. | |
Dimensions Actual: | L00.092 (ca. center eye-edge) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.145 W00.108 Depth00.132 | |
Period: | 5th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | 5th c. B.C. ? | |
Area: | Provenance Unknown | |
Context: | Provenance Unknown, Found in Inner Courtyard, probably Greek Archaeolo | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Provenance Unknown Image: bw 1998 002 16 Basket: Provenance Unknown, Found in Inner Courtyard, probably Greek Archaeolo |