Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | A 1099 | |
Title: | MARBLE PILASTER CAPITAL | |
Category: | Architecture | |
Category Code: | A | |
Object Number: | 1099 | |
Description: | Finely carved marble pilaster. | |
Decoration: | On front face anthemia in relief, with surfaces of leaves sharply cut out in delicate grooves. On sides, likely palmettes. Palmettes and anthemia bordered by double volutes, finely carved and with concave surface, flaring away from face and meeting voluter from other side at upper corners. Similar to A-1100. | |
Material: | Marble. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Two joining frgts., preserving part of base, part of sides, almost all of volute at left corner, and front. Surface slightly worn. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.235 (face), W. 0.132, H. 0.135 | |
Period: | Roman | |
Area: | Bema | |
Context: | Bema | |
Bibliography: | Scranton 1951, Corinth 1.3, pl. 42.3 (left) | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Bema Images (4) Basket: Bema |