| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 7956 | |
| Title: | BYZANTINE BRONZE NEEDLE | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 7956 | |
| Description: | Byzantine bronze needle with shaft circular in section, tapering to a blunt point at one end. Head flattened, with blunt, rounded top, pierced with circular eye 00.004 m. below top. | |
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. When found, slightly bent, apparently straightened thereafter; slight corrosion. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L00.123 D00.004 D00.0036 (eye) | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | Late Byzantine, context at least late 11th-early 12th c. | |
| Area: | Forum north central | |
| Context: | NB177 P158 | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth 12, cat. 1235. Salonica exhibit, 2001. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Monument: Forum north central Image: bw 2001 018 01 Basket: NB177 P158 Notebook Page: NB 177, spread 84 (pp. 157 - 158) |
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