Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | S 1865 | |
Title: | TREE TRUNK SUPPORT OF STATUE | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Category Code: | S | |
Object Number: | 1865 | |
Description: | Tree trunk with snake and large knot in bark. Strut for statue. Running drill used at edge of snake and surface of tree. | |
Material: | White marble. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Central piece of tree trunk support for statue. Broken at snake's head and above, then below curl in snake's body at knot in bark. Snake head missing. | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Area: | Forum southeast South Stoa | |
Context: | Forum southeast South Stoa | |
South Basilica South Stoa | ||
Findspot Description: | Found built into Byzantine wall south of Roman shops. South of South Stoa. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum southeast South Stoa Image: bw 4749 Notebook Page: NB 139, spread 116 (pp. 174 - 175) |