An Inscribed Funerary Monument from Corinth

by Benjamin W. Millis

Hesperia, Volume 76, Issue 2
Page(s): 359-364
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25068024
Year: 2007
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ABSTRACT:

In this article the author publishes a Corinthian funerary inscription from the late 5th or early 4th century B.C. The stone's primary importance lies in its physical characteristics, which imply that it and other similar examples, usually interpreted as sarcophagus lids, are instead horizontal grave markers of the trapeza or mensa type; this class now represents the most common form of grave monument in pre-Roman Corinth. Secondly, given the presence of a base molding datable on stylistic grounds, this stone provides an isolated example of a pre-Roman Corinthian inscription that can be dated by criteria other than letter forms.