Corinth Object: MF 2012 19 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 2012 19 | | Title: | | IRON BLOOM | | Category Code: | | MF | | Year: | | 2012 | | Object Number: | | 19 | | Description: | | Rounded, bowl-shaped iron bloom, comprised of iron run-off from smelting or smithing process and industrial waste created by these processes (slag). For possible future analysis: thick section analysis can determine if bloom was created in a smelting or smithing process, and chemical analysis such as XRF can determine the composition of the metal. | | Material: | | Iron slag. | | Condition: | | Complete profile. Single frgt., preserving complete profile, condition poor, heavily corroded and encrusted on one side with hard soil with large rock and sherd inclusions. | | Manufacture: | | Waste product created in smelting or smithing furnace. | | Dimensions Actual: | | Diam. 0.091 | | Weight Description: | | 0.309 | | Weight: | | 0.309 | | Area: | | Nezi Field | | Context: | | Nezi Field, context 699 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2013 0202
Basket: Nezi Field, context 699
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