Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | T 2743 | |
Title: | MIDDLE HELLADIC BRONZE WIRE LOOP | |
Category: | Miscellaneous | |
Category Code: | T | |
Object Number: | 2743 | |
Old Number: | G 1832 | |
Description: | Bronze wire loop; wire circular in section, tapering at the ends, which do not close but are 0.004 apart. Decorative hair fastener? See Corinth XIII, p. 4, Zygouries, p. 201, fig. 189. | |
Material: | Bronze | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Complete, except for tip missing? from one end. Surface corroded. | |
Dimensions Actual: | Diam. of loop 0.039, Th. of wire 0.003 | |
Period: | Middle Helladic | |
Area: | North Cemetery | |
Context: | NB394 P304 | |
Findspot Description: | Grave 2. Found with bronze coils T 2744 and T 2745 rested close against the top of the skull with silver wire T 2746 and bronze pin T 2747 close by (Corinth XIII, p. 7). | |
Bibliography: | Corinth XIII, p. 8, no. 2-6, pl. 3. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Blegen, et al. Corinth 13, 1964 Monument: North Cemetery Image: bw 2008 067 21 Image: digital 2015 2894 Image: digital 2015 2899 Basket: NB394 P304 |