Corinth Object: I 2260
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   I 2260
Title:   LATE GREEK INSCRIPTION
Category Code:   I
Object Number:   2260
Description:   Marble inscription, back smooth. Hortatory ecclesiastical advertisement erected by St. Paul's Church at Corinth. See Kent and Sironen for varied proposed restorations.
Writing:   inscribed. Six lines in Greek.
Material:   White marble.
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving original smooth top edge and right edge; broken other edges. Severely burned; inscribed surface badly worn and flaked.
Period:   Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD)
Chronology:   9th or 10th c., based on letter forms and orthography, according to Corinth 8.3; Sironen 6th century or later in IG IV(2).3 1291
Area:   Julian Basilica
Context:   NB201 P17
Bibliography:   Kent 1966, Corinth 8.3, cat. 728; Corinth 22 I-82, Sironen IG IV(2).3 1291
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Julian Basilica
Image: digital 2015 2278
Basket: NB201 P17
Notebook Page: NB 201, spread 16 (pp. 17 - 18)