| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 5552 | |
| Title: | BRONZE NEEDLE | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 5552 | |
| Description: | Bronze needle with a long shaft, circular in section near the head, the rest diamond-shaped in section, tapering to a point. Head split, with long, rectangular eye. Cf. Corinth XII, p. 176, #1242-1244 for the type. | |
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Single fragment preserves shaft, tip, lower part and one side of head and eye; other half of head and eye broken off. Shaft bent and corroded. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.137 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Chronology: | Byzantine? | |
| Area: | Provenance Unknown | |
| Context: | Provenance Unknown | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Provenance Unknown Basket: Provenance Unknown |