Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | I 1929 | |
Title: | LATIN INSCRIPTION | |
Category Code: | I | |
Object Number: | 1929 | |
Old Number: | I-2119 (number lapsed) | |
Related Objects: | I-285, I-410, I-682, I-727 | |
Description: | Thick marble revetment slab with inscription, back roughly picked. Letters well cut. Belongs with but does not join I-285 (Kent 1966, Corinth 8.3, cat. 322B), I-682 (Kent 1966, Corinth 8.3, cat. 322C), I-410 (Kent 1966, Corinth 8.3, cat. 322D), and I-727 (Kent 1966, Corinth 8.3, cat. 322E). | |
Writing: | inscribed. Four lines in Latin. See Corinth 8.3 for reconstruction. 1st: [-]O[.]LE[-] 2nd: [-]ROST[-] 3rd: [-]E.OM[-] 4th: [vacant] | |
Material: | Fine white Pentelic marble. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Three joining frgts. (two from I-2119, lapsed), preserving part of original top edge and back; broken all other sides. Inscribed surface badly weathered. | |
Period: | 1 st c. A.C. | |
Chronology: | 1st half 1st c., based on shape of letters, according to Corinth 8.3 | |
Area: | Agora south central | |
Context: | NB175 P120 | |
NB176 P22 | ||
NB172 P37 | ||
NB183 P36 | ||
Bibliography: | Kent 1966, Corinth 8.3, cat. 322A, Corinth 22 I-40 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Agora south central Image: bw 6691 Image: bw 6823 Image: digital 2015 2285 Basket: NB172 P37 Basket: NB175 P120 Basket: NB176 P22 Notebook Page: NB 172, spread 29 (pp. 36 - 37) Notebook Page: NB 183, spread 13 (pp. 17 - 18) Notebook Page: NB 183, spread 22 (pp. 35 - 36) |