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) |