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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | I 794 | | Title: | | BASE OF BABBIUS PHILINUS | | Category Code: | | I | | Object Number: | | 794 | | Related Objects: | | S-316 | | Description: | | Block. The upper-surface of the stone is hollowed to a depth of about 0.074 m in a rectangular cutting 0.295 m by 0.765 m. | | Writing: | | inscribed. Two lines of text in Latin. A small horizontal bar to form the H of PHILINVS, possibly in ligature with the preceding P, seems to have been a later addition (L. Nastasi). | | Material: | | Bluish marble | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Back is broken away except at the right end. | | Dimensions Actual: | | H. 0.275 m, W. 0.565 m, Th. 1.27 m | | Findspot Description: | | Lechaion Road, step of Byzantine ramp | | Bibliography: | | West 1931, Corinth 8.2, pp.5-6, cat.3. | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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