Corinth Object: MF 4543
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 4543
Title:   BRONZE UNGUENT SPOON
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   4543
Description:   Bronze unguent spoon consisting of a long, thin shaft, circular in diameter, tapering to a point at one end and at the other attached to a small, hemispherical bowl tipped at an oblique angle to shaft.
Decoration:   Upper part of shaft near bowl decorated with cast reel, oval bead, reel, and long section (L. 0.019) with incised linear decoration: on front, four incised lines resembling two reels with a bead between; on back, incised chevrons pointing toward bowl. Incised cross on back of bowl.
Material:   Bronze
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact; handle slightly bent.
Dimensions Actual:   L. 0.123, Diam. of bowl 0.006
Period:   Late Antique
Chronology:   Late Roman or Byzantine
Area:   East City Wall
Context:   NB131 P32
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: East City Wall
Basket: NB131 P32
Notebook Page: NB 131, spread 21 (pp. 32 - 33)