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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 61B-N | | Title: | | STONE BUTTONS GROUP | | Category Code: | | MF | | Object Number: | | 61 | | Object Suffix: | | B-N | | Description: | | Group of twelve stone buttons (omitting J) of varying sizes and decorations.Most of them are with a flat bottom and hemispherical top while two (D and N) have a convex top. Most of them are without decoration. Two (G and I) have incised lines and one (B) bears a pattern of dotted circles divided in two zones seperated by fine incised lines at the middle. | | Material: | | Steatite, one (N) made of greenish stone. | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Most of them in fairly good condition with surfaces slightly worn.One (H) half broken, a few missing chips. | | Period: | | Byzantine | | Chronology: | | Based on similar examples from Corinth XII. | | Findspot Description: | | No provenance. Mostly from medieval levels. October 27-31, 1914. | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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