Corinth Object: I 581
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   I 581
Title:   LATIN INSCRIPTION
Category Code:   I
Object Number:   581
Old Number:   I-690 (number lapsed), I-2225C (number lapsed)
Related Objects:   I-579, I-587, I-636, I-669, I-1200, I-2058, I-2225D, I-2225F, I-2225G
Description:   Thin marble revetment with inscription, rear smoothly finished. Letters fairly well cut.
Writing:   inscribed. Two lines in Latin. See Corinth 8.3 for full restoration.
1st: [-]BABBIV[-]
2nd: [-]E[-]
Material:   Micaceous white marble streaked with green.
Condition:   Fragment. Three joining frgts., preserving part of original smooth top side; broken on all other sides. I-690 and I-2225C joined, both lapsed.
Period:   1 st c. A.C.
Chronology:   mid-1st c. AD, according to Corinth 8.3
Area:   Julian Basilica
Context:   NB165 P113
    NB81 P284
    NB191 P82
Bibliography:   Kent 1966, Corinth 8.3, cat. 327A; West 1931, Corinth 8.2, p. 134
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Julian Basilica
Image: digital 2015 2281
Basket: NB81 P284
Basket: NB165 P113
Basket: NB191 P82