Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KA 4 | |
Title: | STELE, STELAI SHRINE A | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | KA | |
Object Number: | 4 | |
Description: | Thin, rectangular slab with front surface cut back so that edges of slab form frame around recessed central panel. Sides taper slightly toward top. Upper and lower borders project slightly beyond sides of stele. Back of stele worked to fairly smooth surface. | |
Decoration: | Stuccoed on front and sides. | |
Material: | Poros limestone. | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Five joining frgts., preserving part of top of stele split and upper left corner broken off. | |
Dimensions Actual: | H. 0,74, W. at bottom 0,36, W. at top (exclusive of projecting borders) 0,32, H. of central panel 0,50-0,53, Th. 0,09-0,10 | |
Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
Chronology: | 2nd half of 6th c. BC, according to Corinth 15.1 | |
Provenance: | Corinth. | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Stelai shrine A. I-33-2 & I-56-21. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, cat. 2, p. 72 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Stillwell, Corinth 15:1, 1948 Image: digital 2012 0760 Notebook Page: NB 106bis, spread 21 (pp. 32 - 33) |