Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 1298 | |
Title: | BYZANTINE BRONZE FORK | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 1298 | |
Description: | Bronze fork consisting of two tines, rhomboidal in section (one broken off) attached to handle by horseshoe-shaped element. Moulded handle polyhedrical, ending in baluster knob. | |
Decoration: | Handle decorated with four cast x's on each side separated by lengths of beveled diamonds in section. Incised line around handle below lowest x. Bead between highest x and baluster knob at top of handle. Previously published as bifurcated probe in Corinth 12, cat. 1383, p. 188. | |
Material: | Bronze | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Single fragment preserves handle, most of horseshoe-shaped element and part of one tine; other tine broken off. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.073 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Chronology: | Late 11th - end of 12th century? | |
Area: | Provenance Unknown | |
Context: | Provenance Unknown | |
Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1383; Parani, Bulletin of the Christian Arch. Soc. 2010 (4.31), p. 157 footnote 108, p. 158 footnote 111. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Monument: Provenance Unknown Image: bw 3992 Basket: Provenance Unknown |