Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | I 452 | |
Title: | LATIN INSCRIPTION | |
Category Code: | I | |
Object Number: | 452 | |
Description: | Base. Surface roughly tooled and top cut away except for a circular protuberance. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Five lines in Latin. Note: The text is written in Latin characters except the two lambdas in l.5, which are in Greek. L.5 has been corrected by West into BENE E SE MRITO | |
Material: | Limestone | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Top not preserved except a small round portion 0.08 m high | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.40, W. 0.535, Th. 0.61 | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Chronology: | Late reign of Augustus or shortly after | |
Bibliography: | Dean II, 1919, no.13, p.171; West 1931, Corinth 8.2, pp.45-46, cat.65 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece |