Corinth Object: MF 1805
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 1805
Title:   BYZANTINE BRONZE FORK
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   1805
Description:   Byzantine bronze fork with shaft alternately square, round, square in section, separated by bead-reel, and tapering at tip to conical finial above bead and single reel; at other end, fork with 2 tines, extending from semi-circle; tines diamond-shaped in section, and tapering to fine points.
Decoration:   Shaft: square segments have recessed faces, with interlocking zigzags at top and bottom of shaft.
Material:   Bronze
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact.
Dimensions Actual:   L00.126
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Byzantine; context date unclear
Area:   Forum southeast
Context:   NB135 P180
Bibliography:   Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1382; Salonica Exhibit, 2001; Parani, Bulletin of the Christian Arch. Soc. 2010 (4.31) P157 footnote 108 P158 footnote 111.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952
Monument: Forum southeast
Basket: NB135 P180
Notebook Page: NB 135, spread 95 (pp. 180 - 181)