Corinth Object: MF 2010 8 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 2010 8 | | Title: | | BRONZE EARRING | | Category Code: | | MF | | Year: | | 2010 | | Object Number: | | 8 | | Description: | | Cast bronze earring. Upper part formed of thin bronze wire circular in section. Central part formed of thick bronze wire ending in double cones, also larger double cone above and below lower part. Similar to MF-1178 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 2032) which is an inferior imitation of MF-6699 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 2030). | | Material: | | Bronze. | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Complete. Surface corroded. | | Manufacture: | | Cast | | Dimensions Actual: | | L. 0.053, W. 0.025, Th. 0.002 (hoop) | | Period: | | Byzantine | | Chronology: | | 10th or 11th c., based on comparanda in Corinth 12 | | Area: | | Nezi Field | | Context: | | Nezi Field, context 6679, LOT 2010 027 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2015 3302
Basket: Nezi Field, context 6679
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