Corinth Object: A 1999 3a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   A 1999 3a
Title:   PLINTH OF MARBLE IONIC COLUMN
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   A
Year:   1999
Object Number:   3
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   A-1999-003B
Description:   Ionic column base, consisting of flat resting surface worked with coarse claw overall, plinth with vertical face H00.039, cut back at top 0.011 for start of torus. Surface of plinth lightly polished. Found with A-1999-2, capital.
Material:   Dense gray-white marble with white horizontal striations, vertical foliation.
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving ca. 1/8 circumference of plinth, edge of torus, bottom surface.
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.053 L00.29 W00.107
Dimensions Restored:   D00.63 (roughly)
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:   Late 1st or early 2nd c. A.C. ? Context 3rd-4th c. A.C.
Area:   Panaghia south
Context:   NB921 B12 P25
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia south
Image: bw 1999 053 36
Basket: NB921 B12 P25