Corinth Object: MF 6852
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 6852
Title:   IRON CUIRASS ?
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   6852
Description:   Possible cuirass or part thereof, consisting of flat, overlapping plates of iron, overlapped so that ca. 0.012 m. exposed of each; down this one edge is a row of bronze studs which seem to be superficial only, and not piercing thickness of plate; over the iron and under the studs is a layer of clay on the exterior only.
Material:   Iron Bronze Cloth
Condition:   Fragment. Fragment, preserving 5-6 lappets; iron corroded.
Dimensions Actual:   W00.025 (lappet) T00.002 (lappet)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.047 W00.067
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Context late 5th-6th c.
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB136 P62
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1998 010 25
Image: bw 1998 020 23
Basket: NB136 P62