Corinth Object: MF 2014 44
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 2014 44
Title:   PAINTED AND INCISED BONE BEAD
Category Code:   MF
Year:   2014
Object Number:   44
Description:   Bone bead, Profile I, circular with drilled out center. Flat back, worn at one side with deep groove at the other. Similar profile and wearing on reverse to MF-4086 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 2571).
Decoration:   Painted red overall with five incised triangles spread evenly on top that are picked out with black paint. Similar decoration to MF-6009 and MF-7126 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 2544).
Material:   Red painted bone with black substance in the incisions
Condition:   Complete or intact. Condition worn yet good. Red paint almost entirely present on surfaces; black paint in triangle-with-crosshatching less well preserved.
Period:   Byzantine
Chronology:   Not later than 11th c., Byzantine, based on comparanda in Corinth 12
Area:   Temple E, Southeast
Context:   Temple E, Southeast, context 564, LOT 2014 046
Findspot Description:   116.64 E, 1064.81 N, 83.15 H
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Temple E, Southeast
Image: digital 2014 5416
Basket: Temple E, Southeast, context 564