| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 4636 | |
| Title: | BRONZE NEEDLE | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 4636 | |
| Description: | Needle with round shaft, tapering to fine point at one end, rounded at other with large round eye set 00.0015 below tip. | |
| Decoration: | Traces of one incised horizontal line above and two below eye on one side. May be a result of manufacturing rather than decoration, but resembles similar decoration on MF 4609 (a needle of very similar shape). | |
| Material: | Bronze. | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete but shaft heavily corroded, small break on one side of eye. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L00.088 D00.002 D00.0033 (eye) | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | Late Byzantine | |
| Area: | South Basilica | |
| Context: | NB142 P130 | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1239; Salonica exhibit 2001 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Monument: South Basilica Basket: NB142 P130 Notebook Page: NB 142, spread 70 (pp. 130 - 131) |
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