Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 2014 44 | |
Title: | PAINTED AND INCISED BONE BEAD | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Year: | 2014 | |
Object Number: | 44 | |
Description: | Bone bead, Profile I, circular with drilled out center. Flat back, worn at one side with deep groove at the other. Similar profile and wearing on reverse to MF-4086 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 2571). | |
Decoration: | Painted red overall with five incised triangles spread evenly on top that are picked out with black paint. Similar decoration to MF-6009 and MF-7126 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 2544). | |
Material: | Red painted bone with black substance in the incisions | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Condition worn yet good. Red paint almost entirely present on surfaces; black paint in triangle-with-crosshatching less well preserved. | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Chronology: | Not later than 11th c., Byzantine, based on comparanda in Corinth 12 | |
Area: | Temple E, Southeast | |
Context: | Temple E, Southeast, context 564, LOT 2014 046 | |
Findspot Description: | 116.64 E, 1064.81 N, 83.15 H | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Temple E, Southeast Image: digital 2014 5416 Basket: Temple E, Southeast, context 564 |