Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 9391 | |
Title: | BRONZE NEEDLE | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 9391 | |
Description: | Bronze needle with long shaft, circular in section, tapering at one end. Head flattened and split, with long, rounded eye. Cf. Corinth XII, p. 176, #1246-1247 for the type. | |
Decoration: | Three incised lines above and two below eye on both sides of head. May be from manufacturing process rather than decoration. | |
Material: | Bronze | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Single fragment preserves shaft, most of head and eye; chip in head and eye on one side, tip broken off, shaft heavily corroded and chipped in places. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.146 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Chronology: | Byzantine or later? | |
Area: | South Stoa | |
Context: | NB202 P39 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: South Stoa Basket: NB202 P39 Notebook Page: NB 202, spread 24 (pp. 38 - 39) |