Corinth Object: A 466
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   A 466
Title:   TUSCAN CAPITAL
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   A
Object Number:   466
Description:   Bottom part, ca. 0.05 m. cut away, eliminating necking moulding. Bottom surface rough dressed as later recutting; very shallow empolion cutting of same workmanship with diameter of ca. 0.05 m. and depth of 0.023 m. Bottom diameter of capital 0.20 m. Drill hole within embolion of bottom surface modern. This capital is associated with Temple D. Except for the trimmed necking it is similar to, but not published with, the second Tuscan capital, A 467. See Corinth I, part iii, fig. 2, p. 10; also pl. 6,2.
Material:   White marble with micaceous veins.
Condition:   Missing parts. Most of abacus preserved on one face, 21 cm. of second face, two faces of abacus broken away. Top of surface claw hammered, margins at edges, no embolion, no clamp, no dowel cuttings.
Dimensions Actual:   H. of capital 0.306
Dimensions Preserved:   W. max. of abacus 0.46.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 1964 015 20
Image: bw 1964 015 21
Image: digital 2020 1397