Corinth Object: MF 4895
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 4895
Title:   STONE MOLD FOR SQUARE BUCKLE
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   4895
Description:   Not quite rectangular slab, back and sides polished smoothly. In top face cutting for rectangular buckle L00.022 W00.018; sides slightly bowed, cross-bar ending in round stud decorated with fine relief lines; 2 bars to hole tongue in place, socket for tongue on other side; fed by conical pour-hole and short channel; to lt. of this, long channel leading to a 2nd at rt. angles, from which 5 thin bars extend. A deep conical hole in opposing corners.
Material:   Gray slate
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact except for long chip in back edge.
Dimensions Actual:   L00.059 W00.051-00.054 T00.014
Period:   Byzantine
Chronology:   Byzantine or later
Area:   North of Temple Hill
Context:   NB105 P59
Bibliography:   Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 2668
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952
Monument: North of Temple Hill
Basket: NB105 P59