| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | I 4 | |
| Title: | INSCRIBED STATUE BASE: LATIN, GREEK | |
| Category Code: | I | |
| Object Number: | 4 | |
| Description: | Cylindrical base, moulding at bottom, now broken away, vertical face, crowning mouldings broken away. 4 cuttings in top surface for insertion of bronze statue, oriented to rt. of Greek inscription: at lt. a round cutting D00.143, depth 00.115, set in 0.15 m. from edge; 0.23 m. to rt. second roughly foot-shaped cutting W00.13-00.17, depth 00.135, L00.225; 3rd cutting lies 0.37 m. behind heel of foot, circular D00.18, with side toward heel cut at diagonal with long oblique point strokes. Top worked with claw chisel; between first two cuttings surface cut down 0.02 m., worked with heavy point. Cuttings belong to second use of block, originally turned upside down with Latin inscription; Greek inscription added in 2nd phase. | |
| Writing: | inscribed. Two inscriptions: Latin, largely erased: M.IVSTITIVS/PRISCVS ; Greek: | |
| Material: | Fine white marble with diagonal foliation. | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Single fragment, complete profile; mouldings badly broken and part of face. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.88 D01.38 H00.13 (moulding) | |
| Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Early Roman | |
| Area: | Propylaia | |
| Context: | Propylaia, Found in NW corner of Agora, i.e., SW of Propylaia | |
| Bibliography: | Meritt 1931, Corinth 8.1, cat. 102; West 1931, Corinth 8.2, cat. 117 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Meritt, Corinth 8:1, 1931 Publication: West, Corinth 8:2, 1931 Monument: Propylaia Image: bw 1663 Image: bw 1999 018 04 Basket: Propylaia, Found in NW corner of Agora, i.e., SW of Propylaia Notebook Page: NB 53, spread 6 (p. 6) |
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