Corinth Object: I 248
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   I 248
Title:   GREEK PROXENY DECREE
Category Code:   I
Object Number:   248
Description:   Thick slab, smoothly finished on inscribed face, back roughly picked; rt. edge trimmed with claw chisel, with smooth margin W00.009 m.
Writing:   graffito. Greek, parts of 10 lines, letter H00.008-00.015 m. See over for text.
Material:   Acrocorinth limestone
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving two faces, right edge; broken top, bottom, left.
Dimensions Actual:   T00.079
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.170 W00.245
Period:   2nd c. B.C.
Chronology:   1st half 2nd c. B.C.
Area:   Northwest Shops
Context:   Northwest Shops, Found on wagon at dump, likely from W. side or S.
Bibliography:   AJA 1919 P340 N63; REG 1921 P432; Corinth VIII.iN003
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Meritt, Corinth 8:1, 1931
Publication: Smith, American Journal of Archaeolog23:4... 1919
Monument: Northwest Shops
Image: bw 0160
Image: digital 2011 7255
Basket: Northwest Shops, Found on wagon at dump, likely from W. side or S.
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