| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 13203 | |
| Title: | BRONZE STYLUS | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 13203 | |
| Description: | Bronze stylus with long shaft, circular in section except for faceted bands, ending in sharp point. Blade flat and spade-shaped, with eraser edge finely sharpened. Shape similar to Corinth XII, p. 186, #1348. Very finely made. | |
| Decoration: | Shaft elaborated decorated with cast and incised bands; from bottom to top: two faceted, polygonal bands with triangular faces, ca. 0.010 m long with raised circles on either end of each; an 0.013 m long band with incised cross-hatching; two more faceted, polygonal bands with raised circles; another band with incised cross-hatching; and two more faceted, polygonal bands with raised circles on either side of each. | |
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact; shaft bent. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L. 0.109, Diam. of shaft 0.003, Max. Diam. of point 0.002 | |
| Period: | Roman | |
| Chronology: | Late Roman? | |
| Area: | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore | |
| Context: | NB295 B3 P36, LOT 2088 | |
| Site: | Acrocorinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore Basket: NB295 B3 P36 |
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