Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | T 150 | |
Title: | RELIEF OF GRIFFIN: CLAW TO RIGHT | |
Category: | Miscellaneous | |
Category Code: | T | |
Object Number: | 150 | |
Old Number: | T-0371 (lapsed) | |
Description: | Relief, back of which sawn smooth, front worked with claw chisel. On it in relief is a griffin paw, presumably raised from ground, and directed rt. Preserved are parts of 4 toes with claws. Toes carved with flat chisel. See T-0029. | |
Mythology: | Griffin | |
Material: | Fine-crystalled white micaceous marble. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Originally single frgt., broken all edges, preserving front and b; added join, giving more of front and back, broken edges. | |
Dimensions Actual: | T00.056 (background) T00.075 (max) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.198 L00.30 | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Chronology: | Hadrianic | |
Area: | Theater | |
Context: | Theater, From Capps inventory of Theater frieze material. N | |
Bibliography: | T-150: Corinth IX.ii, no. H7-3; T-371: Corinth IX, ii, no. U59; Sturgeon 2004, Corinth 9.3, cat. 5E | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Sturgeon, Corinth 9:2, 1977 Publication: Sturgeon, Corinth 9:3, 2004 Monument: Theater Image: bw 7863 |