| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2015 27 | |
| Title: | BRONZE BUTTON | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2015 | |
| Object Number: | 27 | |
| Description: | Small bronze globular button with suspension loop at top, formed by bending wire into loop and adhered to top of button. Similar to pendant or button MF-751, MF-1816, MF-2086 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 2119), MF-4694 (Frankish), MF-4822, MF-1995-48, MF-1997-59A, MF-1997-59B, MF-2003-24 (Late Byzantine), MF-2015-28, and MF-2015-40. Similar to small, spherical gilded bronze buttons from Mystras, 13th-15th c., which became widely used after mid-13th c., when tight-fitting garments were in fashion, particularly male garments (according to museum display at Mystras). | |
| Material: | Bronze. | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete. Surface with some corrosion, overall well preserved. | |
| Period: | Frankish (1210-1458 AD) | |
| Chronology: | based on context, comparanda | |
| Area: | Temple E, Southeast | |
| Context: | Temple E, Southeast, context 667, LOT 2015 016 | |
| Findspot Description: | Found in sieve. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Temple E, Southeast Image: digital 2015 3891 Image: digital 2015 3892 Basket: Temple E, Southeast, context 667 |
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