Corinth Object: A 1978 15
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   A 1978 15
Title:   WALL BLOCK OF 7TH CENTURY TEMPLE OF APOLLO
Category:   Architecture
Category Code:   A
Year:   1978
Object Number:   15
Description:   Block with single rope channel (W00.035 Depth00.022) running length of undersurface. Block's end, face smoothly finished; bottom more roughly chiselled and slightly concave in transverse section. Ca. 0.20 m. from end, small part of recessed panel (MPW00.035) on face; preserved from bottom edge to H00.12, where face broken away. No stucco preserved, nor is surface noticeably rougher than rest of face but almost certainly was stuccoed (See A-1972-33, A-1971-147,-148). Unrecessed part of face probably received vertical timber in half-timbered wall frame.
Material:   Fine-grained oolitic limestone
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., part of top, bottom, one end, one face.
Dimensions Actual:   H00.245
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.24 W00.22
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   Early 7th c.
Area:   Temple Hill
Context:   NB682 B550 P39
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Temple Hill
Image: bw 1995 043 23
Basket: NB682 B550 P39