| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | A 452 | |
| Title: | AKANTHOS COLUMN DRUM | |
| Category: | Architecture | |
| Category Code: | A | |
| Object Number: | 452 | |
| Related Objects: | A 453-457 | |
| Description: | Acanthus column drum. A 453-457 are associated with it. The lower third is fluted with four acanthus leaves rising from the base. Each leaf has eleven lobes. The middle third has larger eleven-lobe acanthus leaves overlapping plain unmodelled leaves which have a slight rise vertically down the middle. Upper third fluted. "Appartently the second drum from the bottom." | |
| Material: | Pentelic marble. | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Mended from two pieces; tips of acanthus leaves and small bits missing. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 1.836, Diam. lower 0.59 (this measurement taken from the publication), Circumference measured at level of cusps of lower flutes 1.74 | |
| Bibliography: | AJA XXXIX, 1935, pp. 66-67, pl. XVIII.2; AJA XL, 1936, pp. 24-25, fig. 3; Hesperia X, 1941, p. 378, fig. 4. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Broneer, American Journal of Archaeolog39:1... 1935 Publication: Stillwell, American Journal of Archaeolog40:1... 1936 Image: bw 4173 Image: bw 1964 015 20 Image: bw 1964 075 21 Notebook Page: NB 143, spread 75 (pp. 139 - 140) |
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