Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | I 1 | |
Title: | ARCHAIC POROS INSCRIPTION IN CORINTHIAN ALPHABET: SACRIFICIAL CALENDAR | |
Category Code: | I | |
Object Number: | 1 | |
Description: | Rectangular block, carefully finished on all surfaces, carved on two faces with deeply cut letters. | |
Writing: | inscribed. In Corinthian alphabet, boustrophedon: Face A. 1st line: […] I N IO Φ 2nd line: […] [.] E Σ X 3rd line: [.] [.] Ι Ο Face B. 1st line: A Ι Κ Ε Ι Θ | |
Material: | Pale brown oros | |
Condition: | Fragment. Mended from two frgts., preserving top, two sides, broken on remaining sides. | |
Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
Area: | Temple Hill | |
Context: | NB7 P15 | |
Findspot Description: | 25 April 1898. 2m from top of Temple Hill Steps at depth 1.68. R.D. | |
Bibliography: | Iversen 2018, Hesperia; Meritt 1931, Corinth 8.1, cat. 1; Corinth 20, 2003; SEG 26.393; HthR 1982, 340-2; AJA 1903, Vol. 7, p. 154; E. Lupu, Greek Sacred Law, 2005, pp. 65-66 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Temple Hill Images (9) Basket: NB7 P15 Notebook Page: NB 6, spread 14 (pp. 20 - 21) Notebook Page: NB 7, spread 11 (p. 15) |