Corinth Object: I 406
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   I 406
Title:   INSCRIBED EPISTYLE BLOCK
Category Code:   I
Object Number:   406
Description:   Architrave-frieze block; as preserved recut at some subsequent period. Have top of architrave at lower lt. only; double cyma reversa crowning moulding H00.086, lower one preserved only at lt., trimmed away to rt. Frieze with cyma profile, crown missing. Band of anathyrosis W00.04 along vertical edge of lt. side, rest rough-picked; unclear on rt. side; top rough-picked.
Writing:   inscribed. Inscribed on frieze, letter H00.08: ]N T N set in 00.11 from lt. joint, 00.123 between letters.
Material:   White marble.
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact except for some breakage of mouldings and edges. Back bottom lt. corner missing; crowning moulding missing from frieze.
Dimensions Actual:   H00.345 L01.085 T00.60
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:   Early Roman
Area:   Propylaia
Context:   Propylaia, Built into Byzantine ramp leading to Propylaia
Bibliography:   West 1931, Corinth 8.2, cat. 133
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: West, Corinth 8:2, 1931
Monument: Propylaia
Image: bw 1960
Image: bw 1999 018 11
Basket: Propylaia, Built into Byzantine ramp leading to Propylaia