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) |