| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | A 1996 4 | |
| Title: | IMPOST CAPITAL WITH CRUCIFIX | |
| Category: | Architecture | |
| Category Code: | A | |
| Year: | 1996 | |
| Object Number: | 4 | |
| Description: | Impost capital with flat, rough-picked resting surface, vertical member H0.015 m., then spreading capital, rising ca. 45 degrees on narrow end, turning up vertically H0.015 m. to abacus; on long sides, rising nearly vertically with slight articulation of abacus. On narrow end, large cross with flaring ends, longer stem, cut into surface. Remainder of surface worked with flat chisel. Top roughly picked, with relieving band W0.02 m. along perimeter. Cf. Corinth XVI no. 103 | |
| Attributes: | Cross | |
| Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble with broad gray streaks,vertical foliation plane | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Single frgt., full profile, over half capital, including all of one narrow end, most of resting surface. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.152 W00.227 (top) W00.137 (bottom) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L00.333 (top) L00.183 (bottom) | |
| Period: | Early Byzantine (610-802 AD) | |
| Chronology: | Early Byzantine, Context mixed 5th, late 6th, 12th c. | |
| Area: | Panaghia Villa | |
| Context: | NB885 B127 P153 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia Villa Basket: NB885 B127 P153 Notebook Page: NB 885, spread 81 (p. 153) |
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