Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | S 3632 | |
Title: | BORDER FRAME OF MARBLE MEDALLION | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Category Code: | S | |
Object Number: | 3632 | |
Description: | Large round medallion, back flat and roughly picked; vertical edge or rim, picked with claw. Frame set in 0.03 m. from edge; consists of convex surface worked in relief with tendril, from which spiralling stems curl out, ending in flowers and pods. W. frame 0.106. Around inner circumference frame cut vertically to roughly picked background of tondo, with slightly raised but unintelligible surface by left break. | |
Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble with micaceous veining. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving ca. 1/8 outer edge and frame, small part of medallion background. | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.105 (max) H00.072 (rim) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | Chord L00.379 | |
Dimensions Restored: | D00.58-00.60 (ca., max.) | |
Period: | Roman | |
Area: | Provenance Unknown | |
Context: | Provenance Unknown, Brought into Museum some time ago. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Provenance Unknown Basket: Provenance Unknown, Brought into Museum some time ago. |