Corinth Object: S 3632
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.