Corinth Object: I 6
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   I 6
Title:   INSCRIBED LIMESTONE ARCHITRAVE: GREEK
Category Code:   I
Object Number:   6
Description:   Epistyle-frieze block with 3 fasciae on architrave, H00.046, H00.08, H00.095; missing crowning moulding; part of frieze with cyma recta profile; crown missing. No cuttings on bottom or top.
Writing:   inscribed. Inscribed on top two fascia, Greek, letter H00.05:
<]AS GRA[>
<]IO PYTH O[>
Material:   Oolitic limestone
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving bottom, top and possibly back; broken at either end, mouldings and upper half of frieze broken away.
Dimensions Actual:   H00.48
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.72 T00.42
Period:   Roman
Chronology:   Roman ?
Area:   Propylaia
Context:   Propylaia, Foundation just west of great hard limestone basis
Bibliography:   AJA 1903 P033 N008; AJA 1919 P346-7; Meritt 1931, Corinth 8.1, cat. 7
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Meritt, Corinth 8:1, 1931
Publication: Powell, American Journal of Archaeolog7:1... 1903
Publication: Smith, American Journal of Archaeolog23:4... 1919
Monument: Propylaia
Image: bw 0705
Basket: Propylaia, Foundation just west of great hard limestone basis