Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | I 359 | |
Title: | MARBLE INSCRIBED EPISTYLE: LATIN | |
Category Code: | I | |
Object Number: | 359 | |
Old Number: | I-XXXX-500 (lapsed) | |
Description: | Epistyle block with flat bearing surface worked with oblique strokes of point. On face, fascia H00.09, offset from remainder of surface which is lightly concave; face worked with claw chisel. Letters set 0.085 m. above offset. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Latin inscription, broken either end, letter H00.15: CAESAR[ | |
Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Original: single frgt., preserving bottom, broken other edges, back; add. Join gives more of surface. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.38 W00.63 T00.20 | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Chronology: | Early Roman | |
Area: | Theater | |
Context: | Theater, In theater trench XXXIV | |
Bibliography: | AJA 1922 P463 N39 - without join; Corinth 8.2 N035 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: West, Corinth 8:2, 1931 Publication: Dean, American Journal of Archaeolog26:4... 1922 Monument: Theater Notebook Page: NB 18, spread 42 (p. 75) Notebook Page: NB 56, spread 48 (p. 85) |