| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 5782 | |
| Title: | BRONZE EARRING | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 5782 | |
| Description: | Bronze earring, small and delicate, with wire circular in section, with small bronze balls fastened to it. The central appendage resembles a bunch of grapes. Found in grave in "St. Paul's Church". Type similar to MF-6699 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 2030). A quite similar earring has been found in Kosved, Hungary, in a grave dated to the tenth century (A.A., 1915, p. 44-45, fig. 19). See also Pittoni, op. cit., pl. IX, 3-4 (early German-Slavic, ninth-tenth centuries). | |
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Fragment missing. | |
| Period: | Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 10th c., based on Corinth 12 | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 2031 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Notebook Page: NB 158, spread 67 (pp. 117 - 118) |
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