| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2009 12 | |
| Title: | IRON DOOR HINGE OR PADLOCK | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2009 | |
| Object Number: | 12 | |
| Description: | Door hinge or padlock with long cylindrical projecting spike, bent at top to attach to a hollow cylinder with a raised band at each end. At bottom of cylinder small iron piece attached, iron nail head (?). Similar in shape to bronze lock MF 8009 (Corinth XII, p. 139, no. 1008, pl. 71). | |
| Material: | Iron | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Two joining fragments, heavily corroded. | |
| Manufacture: | OT - Cast | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L. 0.123, Th. of spike 0.009, Th. of cylinder 0.024 | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 11th-12th c. A.C., if padlock (Corinth XII, pp. 137-138). | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context: | Nezi Field, context 6145, LOT 2009 007 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Nezi Field Image: digital 2010 4357 Image: digital 2014 0951 Basket: Nezi Field, context 6145 |
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