| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 7215 | |
| Title: | BRONZE NEEDLE | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 7215 | |
| Description: | Needle consisting of a tapering shaft, circular in section in the upper part, diamond-shaped in section in the lower part, tapering to a fine point. Head split and bows out slightly around eye, flattened at upper end around long, rectangular eye L00.008. | |
| Decoration: | Finely incised line from tip to hole where head was split for eye, with incised chevrons on either side, groove for split continuing below hole with incised lines. | |
| Material: | Bronze. | |
| Condition: | Intact. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L00.121 W00.003 | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | Byzantine; context Alexius I (or poss. Manuel I) | |
| Area: | Forum south central | |
| Context: | NB174 P126 | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth 12, cat. 1242; Salonica Exhibit, 2001 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Monument: Forum south central Image: bw 2001 011 06 Basket: NB174 P126 Notebook Page: NB 174, spread 68 (pp. 125 - 126) |
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