Corinth Object: S 3719b
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   S 3719b
Title:   ACANTHUS MONUMENT
Category:   Sculpture
Category Code:   S
Object Number:   3719
Object Suffix:   b
Description:   The body of a figure applied to acanthus column. Figure is frontal. Head broken away; base of neck visible along with locks of hair of sides of neck. Contour of lower body remains. Joins S3719C.
Material:   marble
Condition:   Fragment. broken all around
Dimensions Actual:   l. 1.14
Dimensions Preserved:   p.w. at bottom 0.57, p.w. at top 0.45 narrowing to 0.30.
Period:   2nd c. A.C.
Context:   NB159 P266
Findspot Description:   Excavations in level above Bema in 1936 (NB 159, p. 266). Stored on top of bema until 2012 when it and its joining piece S 3719C were moved to a spot just west of the Bema where they are located right now. Numbered in August 2012.
Bibliography:   AJA 40 (1936) pp. 472-473
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, American Journal of Archaeolog40:4... 1936
Images (5)
Basket: NB159 P266