| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 6013 | |
| Title: | BYZANTINE IVORY COMB | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 6013 | |
| Description: | Two-edged comb with coarse teeth on one side, fine on the other. In the center each face a carved panel within a triple border. Obverse: heraldic lions, couchant, looking away from each other. Between them a conventionalized tree (?). Reverse: two birds (possibly peacocks); between them a pine cone with a curious bow (?) tied around the stem. The peacock at the left is looking backward. | |
| Material: | Ivory | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment. Teeth and part of center missing. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.064 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Chronology: | Corinth XII P182 N1302 | |
| Findspot Description: | South Stoa Middle | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Notebook Page: NB 161, spread 23 (pp. 37 - 38) |
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