Corinth Object: T 2458
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   T 2458
Title:   GEOMETRIC BRONZE PIN
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   T
Object Number:   2458
Description:   Upper ends of shafts project ca. 0.06 m. beyond disks and moulded in form of bead-reel, single reels between beads. Below disks shafts square in section (Th. 4 mm.) and ornamented with central biconical knob and smaller knob above and below. Grooves beside knobs; square shaft ends beside each groove in slightly raised edge. Lower ends of square parts of shafts finished by shallow double grooves on each face; below shafts become round, tapering gradually to very sharp points. Upper parts of shafts cast, the lower hammered.
Material:   Bronze
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact.
Dimensions Actual:   L. 0.499 Diam. Disk 0.05
Area:   North Cemetery
Context:   North Cemetery
Bibliography:   Blegen, Palmer, and Young 1964, Corinth XIII, cat. 17-7; Coldstream, Geom. Pottery. P. 95 Kilian-Dirlmeier, Nadeln der fruehhell p. 111, 1006-1011
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, et al. Corinth 13, 1964
Monument: North Cemetery
Basket: North Cemetery