| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 7677 | |
| Title: | BRONZE FINGER RING WITH FLAT BEZEL | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 7677 | |
| Description: | Finger ring consisting of flat band for hoop, soldered onto thin flat disk bezel. | |
| Decoration: | Incised on bezel: in center, Medusa-like head within a border of dots, and crude locks of hair extending outward in all directions; around edge a zigzag pattern between 2 rows of dots. Just above head, 6-armed cross. On hoop, inscription bordered by row of dots above and below. | |
| Writing: | inscribed. Inscribed on hoop in Greek: STERIKON PHYLAKTIRION (upsilon after first R; omega after K) | |
| Material: | Silver Bronze. | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Two joining frgts., complete. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | D00.021 (hoop out) D00.020 (hoop in) W00.006 (band) D00.022 (bezel) | |
| Period: | Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD) | |
| Chronology: | Middle Byzantine? | |
| Area: | Forum south central | |
| Context: | NB176 P67 | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1947; Salonica Exhibit, 2001 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Monument: Forum south central Images (8) Basket: NB176 P67 Notebook Page: NB 176, spread 40 (pp. 67 - 68) |
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