6090-A221
Item
Find Number
6090-A221
Item Type
Find Card
Object Type
Architecture See all items with this value
Sector
Building Feature
Main Street Dig #5 See all items with this value
Area
above mediaeval pavement
Description
Corinthian capital, probably VI century, hard yellow lime stone, reused in the mediaeval basilica, with a column of granite and the base 6091-A222. diameter, .32
height, .325
side of abacus, .44
two rows of four broad acanthus leaves, not very well drawned [sic], flatly carved and badly preserved. The leaves of the first row are on the middle of each side of the capital, those of the second row in the angles. No chalices nor volutes; the abacus yet preserved something of the traditional shape, with rosette in the middle of each side, and eight pointed plan.
Circ. d. hole at bottom 0.035 d. and 0.037 deep.
R. picked bottom and top.
Irregular abacus in height = 0.05 - 0.04
height, .325
side of abacus, .44
two rows of four broad acanthus leaves, not very well drawned [sic], flatly carved and badly preserved. The leaves of the first row are on the middle of each side of the capital, those of the second row in the angles. No chalices nor volutes; the abacus yet preserved something of the traditional shape, with rosette in the middle of each side, and eight pointed plan.
Circ. d. hole at bottom 0.035 d. and 0.037 deep.
R. picked bottom and top.
Irregular abacus in height = 0.05 - 0.04
Date on card
5/13/1936 See all items with this value
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Related Find(s)
6091-A222
Card feature
Image attached, Pencil sketch