Corinth Object: T 2744
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   T 2744
Title:   MIDDLE HELLADIC BRONZE WIRE LOOP
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   T
Object Number:   2744
Old Number:   G 1833
Description:   Bronze wire loop; wire circular in section, tapering at the ends, which overlap but do not close. Decorative hair fastener? See Corinth XIII, p. 4, Zygouries, p. 201, fig. 189.
Material:   Bronze
Condition:   Complete or intact. Complete, mended from 2 fragments, cracked surface.
Dimensions Actual:   Diam. of loop 0.046, Th. of wire 0.0035
Period:   Middle Helladic
Area:   North Cemetery
Context:   NB394 P304
Findspot Description:   Grave 2. Found with bronze coils T 2743 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. 2-7, pl. 3.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, et al. Corinth 13, 1964
Monument: North Cemetery
Image: bw 2008 067 22
Image: digital 2015 2894
Image: digital 2015 2900
Basket: NB394 P304