Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | I 1972 5 | |
Title: | GREEK INSCRIPTION | |
Category Code: | I | |
Year: | 1972 | |
Object Number: | 5 | |
Description: | Greek inscription, almost certainly from older Temple of Apollo. | |
Decoration: | Gray surface probably not stucco (too thin) but represents a calcining of outer 'skin; of stone by heat, common to other blocks of older Temple of Apollo. Guidelines on burned surface at intervals of 0.11. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Eight lines in Greek: 1st: [-]A[-] 2nd: [-]MTE[-] 3rd: [-]AISEGI[-] 4th: [-]OKHAYT[-] 5th: [-]N(TH)IWNTA[-] 6th: [-]STAME[-] 7th: [-]ISTA[-] 8th: [-]E[-] | |
Material: | Fine, buff poros limestone. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., broken all around; back missing. Damaged by fire at surface and discolored gray.. | |
Area: | Temple Hill | |
Context: | NB521 B47 P179 | |
Bibliography: | Iversen 2018, Hesperia | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Temple Hill Image: bw 1972 116 26 Image: digital 2011 7228 Basket: NB521 B47 P179 Notebook Page: NB 521, spread 94 (p. 179) |