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) |