sim. CorinthX, pp. 102–103, 144, nos. 38–40, figs. 88–90 (Odeum, third quarter 2nd century)
Comparanda
sim. Gregory1995, p. 295, pl. 53:b, c (Roman Bath, Isthmia, Hadrianic–Antonine)
Description
Lower and middle portion of Corinthian pilaster capital with finely sculpted floral motifs. Relief is higher in upper portion (D. 0.012) than in center (D. 0.005). Two half acanthus leaves along right and left borders surrounding full acanthus leaf in middle. Lobes have three triangular tips each, stems are flat, and veins are marked by grooves. Out of central acanthus leaf grows twisted stalk that follows stone’s vertical axis. Growing out from behind acanthus leaf on either side is curved stem with fluted sheath (cauliculus). Each stem ends in bud with three petals (calyx) that opens into double blossom of helices rendered as grooved strips that arc outward. Carving is sharp and design is symmetrical but forms are schematic. Stone’s back has central raised panel (D. 0.002–0.003), roughly worked with pick, and broad patches of mortar from attachment to wall. It would have surmounted a fluted, boxed half column.
Preservation comment
Two joining fragments preserve front and back and the bottom, right, and left edges apart from small chip along right side; upper part snapped off horizontally. Well preserved.
Published as
RifeAndrikou2022b, pp. 1147-1148, 1152, 1172-1173, no. 866, fig. 24.13
