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Complete except for one corner which is broken away, and chips. Large early Christian pilaster capital, with flaring sides. Sides flare at different angles, with bottom almost square, top perceptibly rectangular. Sides curved with alternating acanthus and water leaves with stylized chi-cho symbol within a circle at the middle of each side. Iron dowel of some sort, far-off-center in lower surface.
Early Christian.
White marble.
For parallels cf. Frantz (1965), DOP 19.