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) |