Corinth Object: I 1625
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   I 1625
Title:   GREEK PROXENY DECREE
Category Code:   I
Object Number:   1625
Description:   Inscribed block, crowned by schematic cyma reversa H00.015, pediment, H00.046 (tympanum). Surface worked finely but not polished. Scratch marks on moulding.
Writing:   graffito. Greek. Parts of two lines, letter H00.006. Text:]QESPIE[US ]IXO[
Material:   Dense gray marble (?)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving front face only: part of top of inscribed area, center of pediment, but missing crowning geison.
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.170 W00.198 T00.102-00.125
Period:   2nd c. B.C.
Chronology:   Near mid 2nd c. B.C.
Area:   St. John's
Context:   NB150 P192
Bibliography:   Corinth VIII.iii N045
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Kent, Corinth 8:3, 1966
Monument: St. John's
Image: bw 7386
Image: digital 2011 7254
Basket: NB150 P192