Corinth Object: S 1871
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   S 1871
Title:   TREE TRUNK SUPPORT OF STATUE
Category:   Sculpture
Category Code:   S
Object Number:   1871
Description:   Tree trunk support of statue roughly carved to give impression of bark. Knots protruding out from surface of trunk. Attaches to base (?).
Material:   White marble.
Condition:   Fragment. Preserving most of trunk and bottom attached to base.
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Area:   South Basilica
Context:   South Basilica
Findspot Description:   From context with mised Byzantine pottery sherds down to bottom of Byzantine walls. From NB 151 p. 89 "Sculpture fragments in large numbers and also architectural pieces continue to come out of the same area." Close to the Giampouranis lot 1 m above floor
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: South Basilica
Image: bw 4714
Notebook Page: NB 141, spread 71 (p. 99)