Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 2009 11 | |
Title: | BRONZE KEY | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Year: | 2009 | |
Object Number: | 11 | |
Description: | Bronze key with a hollow cylindrical shaft with wards at one end and pierced semicircular edge at the other, to which is attached a movable ring-handle with notched incisions around the circumference and a small knob on top. Wards are solid and roughly square-shaped divided into two square holes below, a rectangular and a round one above. Cf. MF 5352 (Corinth XII, p. 138, no. 980, pl. 70). | |
Material: | Bronze | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. Some wear on movable ring, but otherwise in excellent condition. | |
Manufacture: | OT-cast | |
Dimensions Actual: | L. 0.055, Diam. of ring 0.021 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Chronology: | 10th-12th c. A.C. (Corinth XII, p. 138). | |
Area: | Nezi Field | |
Context: | Nezi Field, context 6409, LOT 2009 051 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Nezi Field Image: digital 2010 4336 Basket: Nezi Field, context 6409 |