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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 1293 | | Title: | | BRONZE KNIFE | | Category Code: | | MF | | Object Number: | | 1293 | | Description: | | Knife with long handle, rectangular in section, blunt tipped; at other end, triangular blade, with broadest side at top near shaft, with small tooth at juncture of blade to shaft; tapering to fine point. Identified in Corinth XII, p. 188 as of a shape used for operating on the eye, though whether it was used for such is unknown. | | Decoration: | | 2 grooves at tip of shaft, 2 grooves below blade surrounded thinner part of shaft. | | Material: | | Bronze | | Condition: | | Complete profile. Complete but half of shaft corroded. Possible marks of whetstone on blade. | | Dimensions Actual: | | L00.101 L00.028 (blade) W00.021 (blade, max) T00.0017 (blade) | | Period: | | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | | Chronology: | | Byzantine | | Context: | | , Provenance unknown | | Bibliography: | | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1386 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952
Image: bw 3992
Basket: , Provenance unknown
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