Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 992 | |
Title: | CRYSTAL GEM | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 992 | |
Description: | Oval gem, convex on reverse, flat on obverse. | |
Decoration: | Cut into surface, lion-headed serpent facing lt., head crowned with rays, tail twisted into figure- eight. In field to lt. and rt., letters; on reverse inscription. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Obverse: in Greek: | |
Material: | Crystal | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Complete except for chip in one long side. | |
Dimensions Actual: | L00.021 T00.005 | |
Dimensions Restored: | W00.019-00.02 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Roman or Early Byz. | |
Area: | Lechaion Road west | |
Context: | NB87 P661 | |
Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1777 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Monument: Lechaion Road west Images (18) Basket: NB87 P661 Notebook Page: NB 87, spread 35 (pp. 60 - 61) |