| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 1872 | |
| Title: | BREASTPLATE OF LORICATA | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 1872 | |
| Description: | Loricata of Roman emperor, over life-size (Hadrian). Scene at bottom of breast plate flanked by rosettes. Scene shows two infants suckling at she-wolf while resting atop acanthus leaf. Below, one lappet to figure's right features griffin facing away from center. Lappet to left features eagle facing into center. Lappets and edge of cuirasse marked out with bead pattern. | |
| Material: | White marble. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Preserving rim and portions of adjoining lappets; broken above bottom, central motifs of acanthus leaf and two infants suckling she-wolf. Wolf broken away at surface. Lappet with griffin reattached. | |
| Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
| Area: | South Basilica South Stoa | |
| Context: | South Basilica South Stoa | |
| Findspot Description: | Close to Giampouranis lot abo. 1m above floor level. From NB 151 p. 89 "Sculpture fragments in large numbers and also architectural pieces continue to come out of the same area." | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: South Basilica South Stoa Image: bw 4687 Notebook Page: NB 141, spread 65 (pp. 89 - 90) |
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