- KTH2822 (Late Roman Marble Corinthian Capital) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 110
- Comment
- From crate discovered by V. Tasinos in June, 2023. New inventory number assigned.
- Comment
- KTHJLR
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Capital
- Description
- Corinthian pilaster capital. Preserved back roughly flat but unfinished; level top displays thin parallel chiselmarks (max.L. 1.9-2.2 cm); other sides not preserved.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale grayish white matric with grayish blue veining, transparent; moderately coarse. Proconnesian.
- Preservation comment
- One large fragment preserves small part of upper side of capital; projecting ornament broken off. Extensive, slight abrasion, scoring, and pitting; continuous very thin film of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.174
- Preserved thickness
- 0.076
- Preserved width
- 0.256
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Marble (Material)
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KTH2822 (Late Roman Marble Corinthian Capital).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2822>
