Oriental Institute
| Title | Oriental Institute |
| View | Corinthian Expedition 13 |
| Series | III: Events |
| Description | Fragments of one of four female figural support elements of a marble perirrhanterion (holy water basin), 7th century BCE, from the Temple of Poseidon at Corinth. Each female support figure (alternating with Ram's heads below the basin) stood on a recumbent lion, holding the lion's tail and its leash in either hand. Excavated by a University of Chicago expedition led by Oscar Broneer. |
| Subject Terms | Temple of Poseidon (Corinth, Greece) | Holy water stoups | Sculpture, Ancient--Greek | Excavations (Archaeology)--Greece |
| Photograph Date | 1956-10-15 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 16.8 x 11.8 cm |
| Location | Greece |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf3-01577 |
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