| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | I 357 | |
| Title: | LATIN INSCRIPTION | |
| Category Code: | I | |
| Object Number: | 357 | |
| Old Number: | I-0356 I-1899 I-2337 I-2351 (lapsed) | |
| Related Objects: | I-XXXX-0415 ? | |
| Description: | Thick large slab, smoothly worked on front, roughly picked on back; left and top edges worked finely with claw chisel, with slightly smoothed band at upper edge; on back of I-1899 circular depression, perhaps pivot hole from later use. One join made (by Kent) against left joint. | |
| Writing: | inscribed. Latin, parts of 6 lines; letter H: l.1 00.12, l.2-3 00.086; l.4 0.082, l.5 0.074; interlinear spaces: ll.l-1-2,2-3 00.03, 3-4 00.026, 4-5 00.045, 5-6 00.045. Text: ]IBVS AV[]NISANA...[ ]N .S....IOI[ ]ONIARISTOCR[ ]..TERAQV[ ].IV.[ | |
| Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble with veins running along vertical axis, laminating fractures. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Originally, two joining frgts. (A-B) preserving lt. edge, broken other sides; joins: 6 frgts. in all, giving top and lt. edges, front and back. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | T00.072-00.086 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.805 W00.685 | |
| Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Early roman | |
| Area: | Theater | |
| Context: | Theater, Theater trench; joins: West Cavea 0.3, | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth VIII.1 N31,32,219; Corinth 8.3 N221, 346 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Meritt, Corinth 8:1, 1931 Publication: Kent, Corinth 8:3, 1966 Monument: Theater Image: bw 6826 Notebook Page: NB 18, spread 36 (p. 63) |
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