Corinth Object: MF 2010 10 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 2010 10 | | Title: | | BONE PIN | | Category Code: | | MF | | Year: | | 2010 | | Object Number: | | 10 | | Description: | | Bone pin with circular shaft tapering to a point. Conical head with rounded, pointed tip. Similar to MF-6556 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 2382). | | Decoration: | | Polished. Two incised spirals around neck of shaft, the first only around neck twice, the second around neck thrice. Pin head with three incised rings at base and top, with series of diagonal incised lines forming zig-zag pattern at widest point. Incised lines inlaid with black. | | Material: | | Bone | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Intact. Surface with concretions and worn towards head of pin. Black paint very poorly preserved, remains only in incised decorations. Incised spiral toward point very poorly preserved. | | Manufacture: | | HM | | Period: | | Byzantine | | Chronology: | | 10th-12th c. based on comparanda in Corinth 12 | | Area: | | Nezi Field | | Context: | | Nezi Field, context 6695 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2015 0013
Basket: Nezi Field, context 6695
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