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 |