Corinth Object: MF 2012 37 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 2012 37 | | Title: | | IRON CHAIN | | Category Code: | | MF | | Year: | | 2012 | | Object Number: | | 37 | | Description: | | Two iron strips, folded in loop at middle of strip and linked together at fold. Both pieces bend, one at a right angle and the other acute, ca. 0.01 after link. Similar to MF-2010-9, except here the strip bends after the loop, and MF-4092d (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1460) except here the link continues straight after the loop instead of a figure-8 shape. | | Material: | | Iron | | Condition: | | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving badly two metal looped strips corroded together, broken at ends. | | Dimensions Preserved: | | l. 0.057, w. 0.028, th. 0.020 | | Period: | | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | | Chronology: | | Probably 11th c. based on comparanda in Corinth 12 | | Area: | | Nezi Field | | Context: | | Nezi Field, context 889, LOT 2012 038 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2013 0169
Basket: Nezi Field, context 889
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