Corinth Object: MF 7767
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 7767
Title:   BRONZE EAR SPOON
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   7767
Description:   Bronze ear spoon made of a flat strip of metal tapering to a blunt point at one end. In center, shaft widens from 0.004 to 0.006 m, then narrows again to 0.004 m below the bowl. Handle attached to small, hemispherical bowl projecting straight out from handle. Similar in form to Corinth XII, p. 184, #1318.
Decoration:   Back of shaft decorated with incised lines: traces of two horizontal lines below and one above wider part of shaft; on wider part of shaft, short lines on both sides. Traces of incised lines on back of bowl.
Material:   Bronze
Condition:   Missing parts. Single fragment preserves shaft, tip, ca. half of bowl; other half of bowl chipped off. Surface corroded.
Dimensions Preserved:   L. 0.080, Max. Diam. of bowl 0.006
Period:   Roman
Chronology:   Roman?
Area:   Forum north central
Context:   NB172 P1
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum north central
Basket: NB172 P1
Notebook Page: NB 172, spread 11 (pp. xi - 1)