Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 4993 | |
Title: | BRONZE EAR SPOON | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 4993 | |
Description: | Bronze ear spoon with shaft made of a flattened strip of metal, slightly rounded on the back, tapering to a blunt point at one end and narrowing from W. 0.005 to W. 0.003 for 0.018 m before the bowl at the other end. Shallow concave bowl. | |
Decoration: | Back of shaft on both wide and narrow parts decorated with incised chevrons pointing towards bowl. L. 0.017 from tip left undecorated. | |
Material: | Bronze | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Single fragment preserves shaft, tip, ca. half of bowl; other half of bowl broken off. Shaft slightly bent in places. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.010, Max. Diam. of bowl 0.006 | |
Period: | Roman | |
Chronology: | Roman | |
Area: | Agora Southeast | |
Context: | NB148 B1 P6, LOT 1935 081 | |
Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1318 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Monument: Agora Southeast Basket: NB148 B1 P6 Notebook Page: NB 148, spread 7 (pp. 5 - 6) |