Corinth Object: MF 9391
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)