| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2123 | |
| Title: | BYZANTINE BRONZE FORK | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 2123 | |
| Description: | Bronze fork with two long tines, rhomboidal in section and tapering to a point, joined to the handle by a horseshoe-shaped element. Bipartite handle with lower section comprised of polyhedric section (L. 0.024), alternating square and diamond in section, and upper section by a tapering length of metal (L. 0.046), square in section, that may be a tang for attaching a handle of different material. Cf. Parani 2010, p. 157. Published as a bifurcated probe in Corinth XII, p. 188, #1377. | |
| Decoration: | Lower part of handle decorated with three raised and incised x designs on the square sections, the central one of which has two incised horizontal lines around it. Diamond sections beveled. | |
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Single fragment preserves all of handle, one tine, and half of second tine; second tine broken off. Tines slightly bent. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L. 0.146 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Chronology: | Late 11th to end of 12th century? | |
| Area: | Agora southwest | |
| Context: | NB133 P132 | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1377; Parani, Bulletin of the Christian Arch. Soc. 2010 (4.31), p. 157, footnotes 108, 110. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Monument: Agora southwest Basket: NB133 P132 Notebook Page: NB 133, spread 86 (pp. 131 - 132) |
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