Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 2995 | |
Title: | BRONZE PIN WITH MARCASITE HEAD | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 2995 | |
Description: | Large pin with long, thin shaft, circular in section and made of two strips of metal compressed together, ending in blunt tip. Shaft inserted into a polygonal head with forty facets, made of marcasite or pyrite. | |
Decoration: | Five lightly incised lines around tip of shaft. | |
Material: | Bronze, marcasite | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact; shaft bent and split in middle. | |
Dimensions Actual: | L. ca. 0.125; L. of shaft ca. 115; Max. Diam. of head 0.102 | |
Period: | 4th c. A.C. | |
Chronology: | 4th century | |
Area: | Outside Excavations | |
Context: | Outside Excavations, Found on property of Kos Theodoropoolos with Roman | |
Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 2286 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Monument: Outside Excavations Image: bw 3965 Basket: Outside Excavations, Found on property of Kos Theodoropoolos with Roman |