| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 3986 | |
| Title: | BRONZE NEEDLE | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 3986 | |
| Description: | Needle with round shaft, tapering to a point at one end, rounded tip at other end with long eye set 00.003 m. below tip; on both faces groove from tip to top of eye. | |
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact but slightly bent, and corroded in center. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L00.090 D00.002 L00.006 (eye) | |
| Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | 2? 75? Early Christian? Byzantine? | |
| Area: | Kraneion Basilica | |
| Context: | NB98 P179 | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1245; Salonica exhibit | |
| Site: | Kraneion | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Monument: Kraneion Basilica Image: bw 3965 Basket: NB98 P179 Notebook Page: NB 98, spread 95 (p. 180) |
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