| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | I 1499a | |
| Title: | ROMAN INSCRIBED ARCHITRAVE-FRIEZE BLOCK: GREEK | |
| Category Code: | I | |
| Object Number: | 1499 | |
| Object Suffix: | a | |
| Related Objects: | I XXXX 1499B | |
| Description: | Architrave-frieze block, face of which damaged but originally had 3-step fascias. On back 3-step architrave, from bttom to top, H00.075, H00.12 H00.173; cyma reversa and fascia crown H00.182; cyma recta frieze, crowned by two quarter round mouldings. Fine claw on top and back faces. | |
| Writing: | inscribed. Inscribed on fasciae, Greek, letter H ca. 00.10: <]ER SWTHRIAS K NEIKHS K AIW[> <]BALLENTINIANOU K F[> | |
| Material: | Fine white marble. | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Parts of bottom, top, sides and back preserved, but much of face chipped away. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.90 L02.92 T00.87 | |
| Period: | 4th c. A.C. | |
| Chronology: | Late 4th c. A.C. Context: Byzantine? | |
| Area: | South Stoa | |
| Context: | NB141 P49 | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth VIII.3 N505 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Kent, Corinth 8:3, 1966 Monument: South Stoa Image: slide 1962 085 19 Basket: NB141 P49 Notebook Page: NB 141, spread 39 (pp. 49 - 50) |
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