| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | A 1997 1 | |
| Title: | IMPOST CAPITAL WITH CROSS | |
| Category: | Architecture | |
| Category Code: | A | |
| Year: | 1997 | |
| Object Number: | 1 | |
| Description: | Impost capital with flat, rough-picked, rectangular resting surface, spreading capital, rising ca. 20 degrees on narrow end and ca. 50 degrees on the side. Flares to abacus H. 0.030. Cross with flaring ends, long stem, carved on one narrow end with point, outlined by groove. Surface around cross worked with flat chisel and point; resting surface defined by horizontal grooves; top roughly picked. Cf. AM-200 (Scranton 1957, Corinth 16, cat. 102). | |
| Attributes: | Cross | |
| Material: | Fine-crystalized white marble; horizontal foliation plane. | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Complete profile, resting surface, top, two ends, one side intact. Missing approx. 1/4 capital, one corner; part of top surface. Heavy blackening on bottom, one narrow end, part of long side. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.010 L00.436 (top) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | W00.183 | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | ? Late Byzantine ? Context Turkish | |
| Area: | Forum southwest | |
| Context: | NB896 B83 P180 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum southwest Image: bw 1997 024 33a |
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