© British Museum
Corinth's Monument to Actium (The Guildford or Cornith Puteal)
Artist: Greek
Location: British Museum
Date: circa 30-10 BC
Materials: marble
Dimensions: 50 x 106cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £108,000 (Total: £294,009)
Vendor: Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd
Review number: 5206 (2003)
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Provenance:
Frederick North (later Earl of Guilford) in 1810 at Corinth; Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, MP in 1827, taken to Bretton Hall; West Riding County Council in 1947; Leeds University.
Description:
This cylindrical drum is decorated in low relief with 10 figures of deities and heroes. At the front two short processions meet, on the left is Apollo with his lyre who leads Artemis and another woman (probably their mother Leto), on the right is Athena/Minerva leading Herakles/Hercules and a veiled woman (Hera or perhaps Aprhodite). At the back, from left to right, is Hermes/Mercury leading 3 dancing women.
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