Corinthian capitals scattered over the basilica, Campanopetra
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2695. "Corinthian capitals scattered over the basilica, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Corinthian capital with a truncated conical calathos, white marble, diameter 0.20 m, with no torus at the base; the embryonic abacus rests on angular volutes planned but not carved, whose stems begin between the acanthus leaves, and between the stems is a roughly shaped pear-shaped fleuron also covering the abacus. Found in the west atrium, north-east corner, square K IV/ε8; height 0.18 m. Inventory Ar_0015; negative 00208; slide C_2565; plate PL_351; 14 September 1967.
French, as on the record
chantier : Campanopétra
negatif : 00208
objet : Chapiteaux corinthiens dispersés sur la basilique
carre : K IV/ε8
type :Chapiteaux corinthiens à calathos tronconique
diapositives : C_2565
inv objet : Ar_0015
num planche : PL_351
pub : SAL_PUB_139906_XV_CAT_15_0035_p_0276
diam. 0,20m. - Marbre blanc. Pas de tore à la base
abaque embryonnaire reposant sur des volutes angulaires prévues, mais non sculptées, dont on voit le départ des tiges dans l'intervalle des feuilles d'acanthes. Entre les tiges, ébauche d'un fleuron en forme de poire recouvrant également l'abaque.
Chapiteau trouvé dans l'atrium ouest, angle nord-est. - Ht. 0,18m
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