Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | I 406 | |
Title: | INSCRIBED EPISTYLE BLOCK | |
Category Code: | I | |
Object Number: | 406 | |
Description: | Architrave-frieze block; as preserved recut at some subsequent period. Have top of architrave at lower lt. only; double cyma reversa crowning moulding H00.086, lower one preserved only at lt., trimmed away to rt. Frieze with cyma profile, crown missing. Band of anathyrosis W00.04 along vertical edge of lt. side, rest rough-picked; unclear on rt. side; top rough-picked. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Inscribed on frieze, letter H00.08: ]N T N set in 00.11 from lt. joint, 00.123 between letters. | |
Material: | White marble. | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact except for some breakage of mouldings and edges. Back bottom lt. corner missing; crowning moulding missing from frieze. | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.345 L01.085 T00.60 | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Chronology: | Early Roman | |
Area: | Propylaia | |
Context: | Propylaia, Built into Byzantine ramp leading to Propylaia | |
Bibliography: | West 1931, Corinth 8.2, cat. 133 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: West, Corinth 8:2, 1931 Monument: Propylaia Image: bw 1960 Image: bw 1999 018 11 Basket: Propylaia, Built into Byzantine ramp leading to Propylaia |