Corinth Object: MF 1996 21
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 1996 21
Title:   BONE PIN
Category Code:   MF
Year:   1996
Object Number:   21
Description:   Pin with crudely carved head, above which a double knotted headpiece (?), shoulder-length hair, rising high above forehead, locks deeply grooved, pulled back from central part, hanging straight; sharply cut but flatly rendered facial features, back of head flat, partly scored with hair. Ridge separates head from round shaft of pin. Cf. Corinth XII, no. 2348
Material:   Animal bone
Condition:   Fragment. Head and 2/3 shaft
Dimensions Actual:   H00.015 (head)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.059
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Panaghia Villa
Context:   NB885 B71 P85
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia Villa
Basket: NB885 B71 P85
Notebook Page: NB 885, spread 47 (p. 85)