Corinth Object: T 2743
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   T 2743
Title:   MIDDLE HELLADIC BRONZE WIRE LOOP
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   T
Object Number:   2743
Old Number:   G 1832
Description:   Bronze wire loop; wire circular in section, tapering at the ends, which do not close but are 0.004 apart. Decorative hair fastener? See Corinth XIII, p. 4, Zygouries, p. 201, fig. 189.
Material:   Bronze
Condition:   Missing parts. Complete, except for tip missing? from one end. Surface corroded.
Dimensions Actual:   Diam. of loop 0.039, Th. of wire 0.003
Period:   Middle Helladic
Area:   North Cemetery
Context:   NB394 P304
Findspot Description:   Grave 2. Found with bronze coils T 2744 and T 2745 rested close against the top of the skull with silver wire T 2746 and bronze pin T 2747 close by (Corinth XIII, p. 7).
Bibliography:   Corinth XIII, p. 8, no. 2-6, pl. 3.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, et al. Corinth 13, 1964
Monument: North Cemetery
Image: bw 2008 067 21
Image: digital 2015 2894
Image: digital 2015 2899
Basket: NB394 P304