Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | S 1995 1 | |
Title: | INSCRIBED RELIEF OF BANQUETING HERO | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Category Code: | S | |
Year: | 1995 | |
Object Number: | 1 | |
Description: | Relief slab with pilaster at rt., crowned by flattenedovolo and fascia, supporting narrow architrave (H00.011)with inscription, crowning moulding (H00.014) perhapscrowned by pantiles, ends of which broken away, and plain band (H00.018) above. Within frame. Head offigure, facing front, holding object in upraised rt.hand - perhaps dish with conical cake et al.; wearspolos and is bearded (?), hair pulled back in waves.Background irregularly smoothed. Top smoothly finished;mouldings continue onto smooth side, back roughlypicked. See S-2632 for type. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Inscribed on architrave in Greek: | |
Attributes: | Hero | |
Material: | Moderately fine-crystalled white marble | |
Condition: | Fragment. Upper right corner of relief with head missing face, right arm; preserving right edge, top and back; mouldings abraded | |
Manufacture: | Polos | |
Dimensions Actual: | T00.064 (max) T00.047-00.054 (background) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.105 L00.145 | |
Period: | Hellenistic | |
Chronology: | Hellenistic. Context Turkish. | |
Area: | Temple E, Southeast | |
Context: | NB875 B3 P11 | |
NB875 P11 | ||
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Temple E, Southeast Image: digital 2015 1955 Image: digital 2015 1956 Basket: NB875 P11 |