Corinth Object: MF 2016 24
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 2016 24
Title:   SILVER-PLATED BRONZE EARRING
Category Code:   MF
Year:   2016
Object Number:   24
Description:   Small silver-plated bronze wire ring, circular in section, with loop at one end. Similar to MF-5821 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 2007) and MF-2009-31.
Decoration:   Two very small beads, made of small strip of same metal folded around wire, attached at intervals beginning at base of loop. Placed at intervals.
Material:   Silver-plated bronze.
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving about half of earring. Slightly bent.
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   11th-12th c., based on comparanda in Corinth 12
Area:   Temple E, Southeast
Context:   Temple E, Southeast, context 914
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Temple E, Southeast
Image: digital 2016 3525
Image: digital 2016 3526
Basket: Temple E, Southeast, context 914