Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 5755 | |
Title: | BRONZE PIN SHAFT | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 5755 | |
Description: | Very thin, long shaft of a bronze pin, circular in section, tapering to a fine point. | |
Material: | Bronze | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Single fragment preserves shaft, most of tip; end of tip and head broken off. Shaft bent and chipped in places. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.072 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Chronology: | Byzantine | |
Area: | Agora south central | |
Context: | NB159 P270 | |
Findspot Description: | Found in a grave in "St. Paul's" Church with a bronze finger ring (MF 5738), bronze ring (MF 5899), iron knife (MF 5894), and some iron fragments, perhaps from another knife (MF 6259). | |
Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. under 1960 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Monument: Agora south central Basket: NB159 P270 |