Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 1650 | |
Title: | BRONZE NEEDLE | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 1650 | |
Description: | Bronze needle consisting of a long shaft, circular in section, ending in a flattened, split head with a rectangular eye. Remains of groove for splitting above and below eye. Cf. Corinth XII, p. 176, #1244 and 1245. | |
Material: | Bronze | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Single fragment preserves all of shaft, eye; point broken off. Surface corroded. | |
Dimensions Actual: | Max. Diam. of shaft 0.0015, W. of head 0.003, Th. of head 0.001, Max. W. of eye 0.002, L. of eye 0.006 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.092 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Chronology: | Byzantine? (on analogy with Corinth XII, #1244 and 1245) | |
Area: | Agora Southeast | |
Context: | NB135 P1 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Agora Southeast Basket: NB135 P1 Notebook Page: NB 135, spread 8 (pp. 6 - 7) |