| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 463 | |
| Title: | BRONZE LAMP HANGER | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 463 | |
| Description: | Bronze object, most likely a small lamphanger or other suspension device, consisting of a hook-and-loop element made of a very thin bronze rod formed into a loop at the lower end. Attached to the loop, three stranded loops of thin bronze wire twisted into double spirals. Corresponds to Gill's Type C lamphanger (Sarachane I, p. 240, fig. G). Originally published as a pin (Corinth XII, p. 282, #2289). | |
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Four joining parts preserve most of hook-and-loop element with three attached stranded loops; upper end of hook-and-loop element and lower ends of stranded loops broken off. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Diam. of hook-and-loop ca. 0.0005 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. of hook-and-loop 0.079, L. of stranded loops 0.070, 0.068, 0.078 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Chronology: | Byzantine period | |
| Area: | Peribolos of Apollo | |
| Context: | NB90 P100 | |
| Findspot Description: | NE corner of Peribolos of Apollo. | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 2289 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Monument: Peribolos of Apollo Basket: NB90 P100 |