| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 8333 | |
| Title: | BRONZE IMPLEMENT WITH RECTANGULAR BLADE | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 8333 | |
| Description: | Bronze implement with decorated handle, short flat rectangular section (L. 0.008, W. 0.005), narrower rectangular section (L. 0.013, W. 0.003), and flat, narrow blade. Blade most likely originally split at the end; cf. Corinth XII, p. 188, #1387-1390. May be a surgical implement. | |
| Decoration: | Handle cast into series of beads and reels; from top: three reels, conical bead, three reels, conical bead, three reels, upside-down, flattened triangle running into short flat rectangular section. | |
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Single fragment preserves handle, blade; end of blade corroded and broken. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W. of blade 0.0055 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.093, L. of blade 0.040 | |
| Period: | Roman | |
| Chronology: | Roman or Byzantine? | |
| Area: | Provenance Unknown | |
| Context: | Provenance Unknown | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Provenance Unknown Basket: Provenance Unknown |