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 |