Corinth Object: A 1973 27
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   A 1973 27
Title:   MARBLE REVETMENT OF TEMPLE PLATFORM
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   A
Year:   1973
Object Number:   27
Description:   Thin marble revetment, with irregular, roughly chiseled bottom edge, both faces polished. Revetment forms face of platform that stood against south wall of temple. Its north face lay 0.61 from south bedrock cutting for south wall; its east end lies 2.00 m. from west face of lowest course of east wall foundation. Oriented with larger broken end at east. Unclear whether present discoloration represents depth to which originally embedded or due to modern preservation with cement.
Material:   Fine crystal white marble with gray veining.
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving bottom edge; broken remaining sides. 2015: plexiglass copy put in its place. Additional frgts. possibly stored in Lot 1973-98 and Lot 1973-100.
Area:   Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
Context:   NB587 B60 P75, LOT 1973 098
Site:   Acrocorinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
Image: digital 2016 0883
Image: digital 2016 0884