| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | T 43 | |
| Title: | RELIEF: GRIFFIN TAIL TO RT. | |
| Category: | Miscellaneous | |
| Category Code: | T | |
| Object Number: | 43 | |
| Related Objects: | T-XXXX-0042 | |
| Description: | Relief slab, thicker at lower break than along top edge. Back sawn smoothly; edges roughly worked with flat chisel. In low relief, part of griffin tail that fans out into 5 wispy strands at the end. The tail is modeled as a beveled flat cylinder by flat chisel. Background worked with fine claw chisel, applied vertically, at a diagonal and horizontally around tail. | |
| Material: | Fine-crystalled, highly micaceous marble with horizontal veins. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Four joining frgts., upper left corner. Surface heavily weathered, yellowed with some incrustation. Tail missing some chips. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | T00.04-00.055 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.415 W00.415 | |
| Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Early Roman | |
| Area: | Theater | |
| Context: | Theater, Shear Excavations, probably 1925-1926 | |
| Bibliography: | Sturgeon 2004, Corinth 9.3, cat. 5A | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Sturgeon, Corinth 9:3, 2004 Monument: Theater |
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