Corinth Object: SUR 120078
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   SUR 120078
Title:   ACANTHUS MONUMENT (?)
Category:   Sculpture
Category Code:   SUR
Object Number:   12
Object Suffix:   0078
Description:   At the bottom of this piece are the remains of a smoothed band similar to SUR 64 and 67. Above this feature, the surface has mostly been borken away, but there is a cutting on the upper end of the piece with some slightly curled sections above. The top of the piece has been finished with the pick. This fragment may pertain to the so-called Acanthus Monument, excavated in 1968 at the Sacred Spring. See also SUR 64-77 and two large pieces stored on the Bema.
Material:   marble
Condition:   Fragment. Broken all around
Dimensions Preserved:   L 0.250, W 0.195, Th 0.0102
Findspot Description:   From Sacred Spring marble pile; 1968. First stored outside Archaeological Service office, Museum inner courtyard. In spring 2007 moved to Pietri, west side, outside storeroom 8.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece