Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | I 2859 | |
Title: | GREEK IMPERIAL INSCRIPTION | |
Category Code: | I | |
Object Number: | 2859 | |
Description: | Possible architectural block reused for an inscription. Block: smooth surface MPH00.025, flattened cyma reversa moulding H00.041 Proj00.017, smooth surface flush with top of cyma MPH00.052, on which traces of claw chisel. For inscription, block turned sideways with letters running across moulding. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Greek inscription, parts of 3 lines, letter H00.040-00.044, spacing between ll. 1-2 00.022, ll. 2-3 00.-020. Text: | |
Material: | Fine white sparkling marble with mica, laminating fractures. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving front face, broken all around remaining edges, back. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.246 W00.135 Depth00.146 | |
Period: | Roman | |
Chronology: | Roman | |
Area: | Provenance Unknown | |
Context: | Provenance Unknown, From SW marble pile in Inner court of New Museum, | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Provenance Unknown Image: bw 1999 007 17 Basket: Provenance Unknown, From SW marble pile in Inner court of New Museum, |