Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | I 26 | |
Title: | ROMAN INSCRIBED ARCHITRAVE-FRIEZE: LATIN | |
Category Code: | I | |
Object Number: | 26 | |
Old Number: | I XXXX 0535 I XXXX 0545A (lapsed) | |
Description: | Architrave-frieze block, worked the same on both faces: with 3-step architrave, H00.06, 00.07, 00.086; crowning cyma reversa and fascia H00.088; frieze has slight compound curve H00.0165; crown H00.085, half round, fascia. Top finely picked along edge, small point along back, punch dressed in center; claw on frieze; architrave smoothly worked. Anathyrosis on lt. joint. Claw on frieze. Architrave worked smoothly. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Inscribed on frieze, Latin, letter H00.12: Original: ]I F A E .[ Joined: ]IVS TI F AEM[ | |
Material: | Fine white marble. | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Single frgt., broken either end. Later joined, three frgts., in all: preserving full height, full thickness for left half, left joint, small part of right, missing front half of right end. | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.60 T00.60 L02.38 (new) | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Chronology: | Early 2nd c. A.C. | |
Area: | Peribolos of Apollo | |
Context: | Peribolos of Apollo, Exact provenance not recorded | |
Bibliography: | West 1931, Corinth 8.2, cat. 123C | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: West, Corinth 8:2, 1931 Monument: Peribolos of Apollo Image: bw 1970 Image: bw 1998 036 02a Basket: Peribolos of Apollo, Exact provenance not recorded |