| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 810 | |
| Title: | TREE TRUNK SUPPORT | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 810 | |
| Description: | Probable statue support in form of tree trunkdecorated on front half with vine and grapeclusters relief; simulated broken stem on frontcenter; some details of tree trunk surface onlower left side. Drill marks on leaves and grapeclusters; some detail on vine branches and leavesscratched in with fine point; back roughly finishedwith flat chisel. Rests on low plinth with verticalface. | |
| Material: | Coarse-crystalled Thasian marble | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., broken top; ht. of plinth preserved,but nearly all faces broken away. Parts of reliefchipped; small chunk missing from lower back;surface weathered and discolored. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.070 (plinth) D00.210-00.250 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.630 (max) | |
| Period: | Roman | |
| Chronology: | Roman | |
| Area: | St. John's | |
| Context: | NB39 P64 | |
| Bibliography: | Johnson 1931, Corinth 9, cat. 211 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: St. John's Image: bw 0740 Image: bw 0741 Basket: NB39 P64 Notebook Page: NB 39, spread 36 (pp. 64 - 65) |
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