| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 1977 105 | |
| Title: | PORTABLE POROS ALTAR | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 1977 | |
| Object Number: | 105 | |
| Description: | Rectangular portable altar in bench form. Short sides project up above top by ca. 0.025m. and are ca. 0.045m. thick. Front face is plain, rough finished, with a narrow hole cut through to back in lower right corner. Back is hollowed out with a flat chisel. Top is ca. 0.05m. thick. Back edge of top has a roughly cut semi-circular notch cut out ca. 0.08m. wide. On top are letters roughly incised, ca. 0.025m. high. Cf. Corinth.XV.i. p.79 ff., no. XVIII for later parallel. | |
| Material: | Poros limestone. | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact, minor chipping of edges. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.115 L00.255 W00.104 | |
| Area: | Temple Hill | |
| Context: | NB683 B97 P15 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Temple Hill Images (6) Basket: NB683 B97 P15 Notebook Page: NB 683, spread 12 (p. 15) |
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