Corinth Object: ZST 25
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   ZST 25
Title:   EARLY HELLADIC CELT
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   ZST
Object Number:   25
Old Number:   Z 25
Description:   Celt, oval in section. Nearly rectangular in shape, but width and thickness taper slightly to either end. Ground to a cutting edge. Blegen puts in his first type of celts, which are almost round in section, slender in proportion to their length, and usually have more or less pointed butts, with the edge ground from both sides (Blegen 1928, Zygouries, 199).
Decoration:   none
Material:   Gray stone
Condition:   Complete profile. Part of edge and back missing. Preserved width and thickness may be actual maximum dimensions.
Weight Description:   0.120
Weight:   0.120
Period:   Early Helladic
Findspot Description:   House L, Zygouries
Bibliography:   Blegen 1928, Zygouries, p. 199, pl. XXII.9
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 2002 011 31