Corinth Object: I 452
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