KA041 (Early-Middle Roman Attic Marble Sarcophagus Lid: Acroterion) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Material description

Bright white, medium-fine, calcite marble with visible crystalline structure. Pentelic.

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

Typological identification

Sarcophagus

Description

Acroterion broken off right corner of gabled sarcophagus lid. Rounded top with small, square rim (W. 0.013) that converges in hawk’s beak; two faces below trace cyma reversa.

Preservation description

One large fragment preserves two front faces and curving top but back right is broken diagonally. Slight, sparse gouging (excavation damage?).

Published as

RifeAndrikou2022b, pp. 1159, 1179, 1180, no. 879, fig. 24.18

Preserved length

0.145

Preserved thickness

0.158

Preserved width

0.121

Chronology comment

Dated 2nd century

Has geographic origin

Attica

Belongs to Historical Period

Early Roman (Historical Period)

Belongs to Historical Period

Middle Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Marble (Material)

Drawing

Drawing

Photograph