Corinth Object: S 1865
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)