Corinth Object: SUR 120082 Collection: | | Corinth | Type: | | Object | Name: | | SUR 120082 | Title: | | ACANTHUS MONUMENT (?) | Category: | | Sculpture | Category Code: | | SUR | Object Number: | | 12 | Object Suffix: | | 0082 | Description: | | Fragment preserves two sculpted elements: One is rectangular but curves out at the end, with an incised line defining two raised sections. The other is a curved bar separated from the other by a drilled channel. It is possible that these elements are part of an acanthusplant and that this fragment pertains to the so-called Acanthus Monument excavated in 1968 at the Sacred Spring. See also SUR 64 - 81 and two large pieces stored on the Bema. | Material: | | marble | Condition: | | Fragment. Broken all around | Dimensions Preserved: | | L 0.135, H 0.070, Th 0.065 | 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 |
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