Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 2048 | |
Title: | BRONZE PIN WITH BIRD-SHAPED HEAD | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 2048 | |
Description: | Bronze pin consisting of a thin shaft, circular in section, ending in a head in the shape of a bird (duck?). | |
Decoration: | Incised spiral around shaft below head. Feathers of bird represented by incised chevrons; eye (on one side only) by a punched dot. | |
Material: | Bronze | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Two joining fragments preserve most of shaft, all of head; tip broken off. Shaft slightly bent in several places. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.082 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | 5th or 6th century | |
Area: | Agora southwest | |
Context: | NB133 P106 | |
Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 2290 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Monument: Agora southwest Basket: NB133 P106 Notebook Page: NB 133, spread 72 (p. 106) |