Corinth Object: MF 3259
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 3259
Title:   BRONZE CROSS PENDANT
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   3259
Description:   Heavy pendant consisting of a cross with central disk (decorated with incised lines) and arms ending in a conventionalized lion's heads. At the top of the shaft a ring attaches the cross to a hinged bar which is pierced at either end. The object may have served as a handle for a chest.
Material:   Bronze
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact.
Dimensions Actual:   L. of whole 0.06, L. of cross 0.04
Period:   Byzantine
Area:   New Museum
Context:   NB116 P5
Findspot Description:   New Museum
Bibliography:   Davidson 1952, Corinth XII, no. 2093
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: New Museum
Image: bw 3962
Notebook Page: NB 116, spread 8 (pp. 5 - 6)