Corinth Object: SUR 120079 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | SUR 120079 | | Title: | | ACANTHUS MONUMENT (?) | | Category: | | Sculpture | | Category Code: | | SUR | | Object Number: | | 12 | | Object Suffix: | | 0079 | | Description: | | This fragment preserves an undercut band (H 0.055 m) with what may be stalks of acanthus sprouting above. On the other hand, these features may be the remains of an egg and dart moulding. The other side was worked with the pick, with a roughly cut surface projecting. This fragment may pertain to the so-called Acanthus Monument excavated in 1968 at the Sacred Spring. See also SUR 64-78 and two large pieces stored on the Bema. | | Material: | | marble | | Condition: | | Fragment. Broken all around | | Dimensions Preserved: | | H 0.200, W 0.170, Th 0.105 | | Findspot Description: | | From Sacred Spring marble pile; 1968. First stored outside Archaeological Service office, Museum inner courtyard. In spring 2007 moved to Pietri, west side, outside storeroom 8. | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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