Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 2009 32 | |
Title: | BRONZE EARRING | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Year: | 2009 | |
Object Number: | 32 | |
Description: | Earring with a single piece of wire tapered at one end and shaped into a hoop, a flattened spherical hollow bead threaded and soldered onto the wire near the other end; the wire continues through the opposite side of the bead and curves slightly before being folded over at the end to form a small oval eye. The bead is made of two halves soldered together. Similar to MF 1555. | |
Material: | Bronze | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. Excellent condition. | |
Dimensions Actual: | Diam. of hoop 0.04, Diam of bead 0.016, Th. of hoop 0.0015 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Area: | Nezi Field | |
Context: | Nezi Field, context 6518, LOT 2009 088 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Nezi Field Image: digital 2010 4340 Basket: Nezi Field, context 6518 |