Corinth Object: I 438
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   I 438
Title:   ROMAN INSCRIBED STATUE BASE: LATIN
Category Code:   I
Object Number:   438
Description:   Long rectangular base, front face worked smoothly; fine slaw on rt. Side and back, coarse claw on lt. Side; back lt. Corner cut away, rusticated with coarse punch (unless broken with punch). On top surface large rectangular cutting, floor of which left slightly rough with point; claw chisel on rest of top surface.
Writing:   inscribed. Inscribed on one narrow end, Latin, letter H00.045-00.035:
CN BABBIVS PHILINVS
NEPTUNO SACR
Material:   Bluish-white marble
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact except for upper left corner.
Dimensions Actual:   H00.31 W00.565 L01.205 L00.784 (cutting) W00.277 (cutting) Depth00.055 (cutting)
Period:   1 st c. A.C.
Chronology:   Early 1st c., Tiberian ?
Bibliography:   AJA 1919 P168 N8; Corinth VIII,2 N2; Corinth I.3, pp. 35-36
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Scranton, Corinth 1:3, 1951
Publication: West, Corinth 8:2, 1931
Publication: Dean, American Journal of Archaeolog23:2... 1919
Image: bw 0853
Image: bw 0854
Image: bw 1999 018 13
Notebook Page: NB 39, spread 38 (pp. 68 - 69)
Notebook Page: NB 39, spread 40 (pp. 72 - 73)
Notebook Page: NB 52, spread 45 (p. 82)