Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 6091 | |
Title: | TWO GOLD HAIR SPIRALS | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 6091 | |
Description: | Two identical spiral hair rings made of heavy gold wire nearly 0.003 m. thick, widening toward ends, which are rounded off. \incised decoration of herring-bone pattern near each end, and a cross incised on each of the tip ends. | |
Material: | Pure gold wire | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact | |
Dimensions Actual: | L. 0.017 | |
Period: | Geometric (900/875-720) | |
Chronology: | 8th c. B.C. | |
Area: | Agora south central | |
Context: | Agora south central | |
Findspot Description: | From Grave F, to the rt. Of the head and under it. Grave Index 1937-1 Feb 24, 1937 | |
Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth XII, p. 250,cat. 1999; Classical Journal XLII, 1946, p 70 fig. 4; AJA, 1937, p545 fig. 7 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Publication: Morgan, American Journal of Archaeolog41:4... 1937 Monument: Agora south central Basket: Agora south central Notebook Page: NB 162, spread 37 (pp. 56 - 57) |