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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | A 2015 4 | | Title: | | ARCHITRAVE REVETMENT | | Category: | | Architecture | | Category Code: | | A | | Year: | | 2015 | | Object Number: | | 4 | | Description: | | Architrave revetment with convex fascia above the cornice (0.3 x 0.17 x 0.075) and flat fascia (0.3 x 0.08x 0.033) below cornice; flat fascia (Th. 0.04) at thinnest point. Cornice consists of raised fillet (Th. 0.02), double reverse cyma (Th. 0.012, Th. 0.017), and lower raise fillet (Th. 0.007). | | Decoration: | | Cornice smoothed while both convex fascia and flat fascia show tool marks. Back side very smooth. Similar tool marks and proportions to architrave blocks of West Shops (Williams 1993, "Roman Corinth as a Commercial Center", p. 37). | | Material: | | Coarse-grained white marble. | | Condition: | | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of cornice and both fascia above and below it. Some chunks chipped off cornice; entire block weathered. | | Weight Description: | | 9.8 | | Weight: | | 9.8 | | Period: | | 1 st c. A.C. | | Chronology: | | based on comparanda from West Shops | | Area: | | South Stoa | | Context: | | South Stoa, context 32, LOT 2015 054 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: South Stoa
Image: digital 2015 3820
Basket: South Stoa, context 32
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