Corinth Object: I 587
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   I 587
Title:   LATIN INSCRIPTION
Category Code:   I
Object Number:   587
Old Number:   I-588 (lapsed), I-626 (lapsed
Related Objects:   I-579, I-581, I-636, I-669, I-1200, I-2058, I-2225D, I-2225F, I-2225G
Description:   Thin marble revetment with inscription, rear smoothly finished. Letters fairly well cut.
Decoration:   Red paint in letters.
Writing:   inscribed. Two lines in Latin. See Corinth 8.3 for full restoration.
1st: [-]TAI[-]
2nd: [-]VC[-]
Material:   Micaceous white marble streaked with green.
Condition:   Fragment. Three joining frgts., preserving part of original smooth top side. Traces of red paint in letters. I-588 and I-626 joined, both lapsed.
Period:   1 st c. A.C.
Chronology:   mid-1st c. AD, according to Corinth 8.3
Area:   Julian Basilica
Context:   NB72 P179
    NB78 P146
Findspot Description:   digital_2015_2281
Bibliography:   Kent 1966, Corinth 8.3, cat. 327B; West 1931, Corinth 8.2, p. 135
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Julian Basilica
Image: digital 2015 2281
Basket: NB72 P179
Basket: NB78 P146
Notebook Page: NB 72, spread 94 (pp. 178 - 179)