| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | I 585 | |
| Title: | EPISTYLE FRIEZE BLOCK | |
| ARCHITECTURE | ||
| COMPOSITE CAPITAL | ||
| LATIN INSCRIPTION | ||
| LATE ARCHAIC DORIC CAPITAL | ||
| Category Code: | I | |
| Object Number: | 585 | |
| Old Number: | I-725 (lapsed), I-862 (lapsed) | |
| Description: | Epitsyle frieze angle block. Right end cut with beginning of apse and rebate at back. Profile of Type A, on return type B, the rope moulding. Back treated with three fascias. Now on foundation of Colossal Façade, west block of restoration of apse. | |
| Composite capital, use of drill very evident. | ||
| Thick narrow slab, smoothly finished in front, back roughly picked; block thinner at top, thickening near bottom; oblique strokes on back as if from breaking up; top and bottom edges have smooth band along front face, back roughly picked. | ||
| Epistyle frieze angle block, rebate at right. Profile of Type A. Back roughly hewn. Now in gap in foundation of Colossal Façade, east of restoration of apse. | ||
| Doric capital with fluted shaft - originally 16 flutes of which only 9 executed; back unfluted but rounded. Steep flaring echinus with 3 annulets, curving in slightly against abacus. Square cutting in echinus for grill. Square empolion cutting on bottom | ||
| Decoration: | Roman stucco on exterior | |
| Writing: | inscribed. Inscribed on one face, 3 lines. | |
| Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble with micaceous veins. | |
| Oolitic limestone | ||
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Three joining frgts., joined June 1908, completing block. | |
| Fragment. Frgt. | ||
| Fragment. Orig.: single block preserving top, bottom and back, broken either end; two added joins, broken either end; surface partly chipped. Three joining fragments. | ||
| Fragment. Broken at both ends. | ||
| Complete profile. Broken two sides, complete profile. | ||
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.275 H00.095 (abacus) W00.614 (ca., abacus) D00.36 (column) | |
| Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
| Archaic (7th-6th c.) | ||
| Chronology: | Late Archaic | |
| Area: | Julian Basilica | |
| Early Excavations | ||
| Context: | NB72 P177 | |
| Early Excavations, Find places unknown | ||
| Findspot Description: | Peirene. | |
| A-16 was found in Peirene. | ||
| A-19 assigned to Captives' Facade, upper order. | ||
| Brought from Agora near Propylaia | ||
| Bibliography: | AJA 1922, cat. 59, p. 473; RArch 18, 1923, p. 384 N11; West 1931, Corinth 8.2, cat. 4, Corinth 22 I-1 | |
| AthMitt. 1984 p. 74, no. 11; Pfaff, Corinth 20, 2003. | ||
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: West, Corinth 8:2, 1931 Publication: Dean, American Journal of Archaeolog26:4... 1922 Monument: Early Excavations Monument: Julian Basilica Images (10) Basket: Early Excavations, Find places unknown Basket: NB72 P177 Notebook Page: NB 72, spread 93 (pp. 176 - 177) |
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