Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | I 25 | |
Title: | ROMAN INSCRIBED ARCHITRAVE-FRIEZE: LATIN | |
Category Code: | I | |
Object Number: | 25 | |
Related Objects: | I xxxx 0026 I XXXX 0241 I XXXX 0243 I XXXX 0535 I XXXX 0537 I XXXX 0545 | |
Description: | Architrave-frieze block, worked the same on both faces: with 3-step architrave, H00.06, 00.07, 00.086; crowning cyma reversa and fascia H00.088; frieze has slight compound curve H00.0165; crown H00.085, half round, fascia. Top finely picked along edge, small point along back, punch dressed in center; claw on frieze; architrave smoothly worked. Anathyrosis on left joint. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Inscribed on frize, Latin, letter H00.12: ]ICV[ | |
Material: | Fine white marble. | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Single frgt., complete profile, left end; broken at right and in back. Surfaces of mouldings broken away. | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.616 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L00.71 T00.35 | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Chronology: | Early 2nd c. | |
Area: | Peribolos of Apollo | |
Context: | Peribolos of Apollo, Exact provenance not recorded | |
Bibliography: | AJA 1922 P472 N057; West 1931, Corinth 8.2, cat. 123b | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: West, Corinth 8:2, 1931 Publication: Dean, American Journal of Archaeolog26:4... 1922 Monument: Peribolos of Apollo Image: bw 1968 Basket: Peribolos of Apollo, Exact provenance not recorded |