Corinth Object: MF 2008 5 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 2008 5 | | Title: | | BONE PIN WITH HEAD IN FORM OF A BIRD | | Category Code: | | MF | | Year: | | 2008 | | Object Number: | | 5 | | Description: | | Pin with shaft triangular in section, tapering from tip to head. At upper half, below head, shaft is incised with three spherical beads alternating with rectangular beads, topped by head in shape of a bird. Similar to MF 3708 (Corinth XII, p. 286, #2355, pl. 119), which could also be a stylus. | | Material: | | Bone | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Intact from tip to head, incision and carving. | | Dimensions Actual: | | L. 0.16, Diam. 0.005 | | Period: | | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | | Chronology: | | 4th-6th century (Corinth XII, p. 286, #2355) | | Area: | | Nezi Field | | Context: | | Nezi Field, context 5509 | | Findspot Description: | | 263.41E, 1032.41N, el. 84.84. | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Nezi Field
Image: bw 2008 074 32a
Basket: Nezi Field, context 5509
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