Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 3329 | |
Title: | BRONZE STRIGIL | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 3329 | |
Description: | Strigil with broad curving blade, with rounded section, tapering from top toward missing tip. End of vertical handle consists of a thin strap, making a right-angled bend in to a possible palmette finial, soldered to blade. Note: numerous non-joining frgts. with all of these strigils stored in drawer. | |
Material: | Bronze | |
Condition: | Fragment. Two joining frgts. preserving 3/4 blade from top down, broken at tip, and base of handle in back. Corroded. | |
Dimensions Actual: | W00.022-00.027 Depth00.010-00.013 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L00.198 (parallel to handle) L00.20 (orig. inv. = L00.26) | |
Period: | 5th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | 2nd quarter 5th c. B.C. | |
Area: | City Wall east | |
Context: | NB131 P65 | |
Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1312 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Monument: City Wall east Basket: NB131 P65 |