- KTH0277 (Roman Marble Colonnette Base) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Comment
- KTHJLR
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Column or colonnette
- Description
- Bottom surface roughly worked. Square plinth with diagonal narrow chisel marks on outside (H. 0.044-0.047) under single half torus (H. 0.027 m) under flat, inverted hawk’s beak (H. 0.006, W. 0.019 m). Overall finely carved. Form not related to KTH276 or surviving colonettes from second-storey of peristyle.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Milky white, slightly coarse, slightly crystalline marble with bands of light gray veining. Proconnesian.
- Preservation comment
- One fragment preserves ca. 40% of base. Slight, sparse abrasion and chipping; thin film of encrustation.
- Estimated base diameter
- 0.32
- Preserved height
- 0.077
- Preserved width
- 0.158
- Material
- Marble (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH0277 (Roman Marble Colonnette Base).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0277>
