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[Corinth Object] C 1936 381: TURKISH SLIP-PAINTED LIGHT/DARK BOWL

Bowl with disk foot with flaring profile, straight flaring body rising at ca. 50 degrees to H00.060, sharply articulated vertical rim with concave to convex profile, tapered lip. Painted in white slip ... Turkish

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[Corinth Object] C 1936 384: BYZANTINE WHITE WARE CUP

Cup with flat bottom, ovoid body curving in to narrow sloping shoulder, low rim H00.014 tapering slightly from vertical to plain lip. Vertical handle, flattened at base to oval at top, attached to lower ... or 78 Mid to late Byzantine

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[Corinth Object] C 1936 385: PLAIN WHITE WARE CUP

Cup with echinoid body, turning up and in to vertical rim H00.017, round lip. Vertical strap handle attached to lower body and lip. A few smears of yellow glaze on interior floor. Pale pink fine clay with ... ? Context 12th c.

[Corinth Object] C 1936 387: BYZANTINE YELLOW-GLAZED WHITE WARE CUP

Cup with ovoid body curving into narrow steep shoulder, which then curves into vertical rim, round lip. Wheel-ridging on body. Possible very thin glaze wash on exterior, thicker yellow glaze on interior ... or 78 Mid to late Byzantine

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[Corinth Object] C 1936 391: BYZANTINE WHITE WARE RED-PAINTED PLATE

Large plate with straight flaring body rising at ca. 45 degrees, turning out to infolded rim with rounded lip seperated from rolled ledge by broad groove inside. Red (Munsell 10 R 5/8) slip-painted festoon ... 3rd quarter of the 11th century (Guy Sanders) Context dated to 1143-80 (coins)

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[Corinth Object] C 1936 392: BYZANTINE BROWN-GLAZED PITCHER

Pitcher with flaring trefoil rim, rounded lip, vertical strap handle attached to upper rim. Shallow groove on exterior below lip, and projecting ridge below rim. Similar to C-1934-677. Brown glaze on exterior ... based on comparanda

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[Corinth Object] C 1936 393: POLYCHROME WHITE WARE CUP HANDLE

Vertical strap handle, broken at one end fromattachment to wall. On back three black stripes - 1 either edge, 1 down back, clear glaze. Dense white clay. Fragment. Single frgt., part of handle. C82 ... ? Context 12th c.

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[Corinth Object] C 1936 403: SLIP-PAINTED TWO-HANDLED JAR

Jar with flat bottom, ovoid body, low flaring rim, round lip. Two vertical strap handles attached to shoulder. Light slip-painted spots over all. Dark green glaze over all. Orange clay. Complete profile ... Late Byzantine

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[Corinth Object] C 1937 109: BYZANTINE POLYCHROME WHITE WARE CUP

Cup with small torus ring foot, round resting and flat undersurface. Body flares widely, then turns up vertically. Vertical strap handle attached to lower body. Exterior: above foot blue-green band with ... Context poss. 10th c.

[Corinth Object] C 1937 400: PROTOMAIOLICA PLATE WITH DEER

Plate with low flaring foot with flat resting surface. Straight flaring body, wide outturned, oblique rim, offset on interior by ridge. Interior: yellow-brown deer standing to rt., bending head down and ... Second half 13th c.

[Corinth Object] C 1937 623: BLACK POLYCHROME TREFOIL OINOCHOE

Oinochoe with flat shoulder, short wide neck, flaring trefoil rim. Black glazed out and in to base of neck; on shoulder, row of tongues with double-incised outline, painted R-B-Y-B-R; on neck row of widely ... Proto-Cor. to Transitional

[Corinth Object] MF 6692: LARGE GLASS BEAD

Glass bead with decoration. Herringbone decoration, red, yellow, blue, and white. Glass. Complete or intact. Complete ... 1937/06/01

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[Corinth Object] MF 6699: SILVER EARRING

Central part of earring formed of thick bronze wire to which four small strands of wire are attached. Two hollow appendages attached to thick wire, one with loop for fastening upper part of earring. Silver, ... 6th or 7th c., according to Corinth 12

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[Corinth Object] MF 6717: BONE SPOOL

Bone spool, nicely finished with a high polish. Originally labeled "Ivory spool" in field notebook. Bone Complete or intact. Intact ... 1937/06/10

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[Corinth Object] MF 6726: SILVER EARRINGS

Silver earrings of heavy wire loop with large hollow ball attatched to one side for upper loop. Lower half decorated with row of beads, above which 3 applied rings decorated with tiny balls; central ring ... 1937/06/01

[Corinth Object] MF 6727: FAIENCE BEAD NECKLACE

Variously colored beads, yellow, black, and green. Both small and large, round and oblong. Faience. Missing parts. Card notes about twenty beads broke while being strung ... 1937/06/01

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[Corinth Object] MF 6951: BONE STYLUS

Long thick shaft, not quite circular in section. Herringbone pattern in incised on the short blade. Saltires between double grooves on the shaft just below. Bone Complete or intact ... 1937/10/30

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[Corinth Object] MF 7038: STONE MOLD FOR CROSS

Small rectangular block, edges somewhat uneven. Deeply cut into top surface is cross with long bottom arm, short cross arms; possible pour channel opening into rt. cross arm. Coarse gray oolitic limestone ... ? Context at least 2nd half 10th c. (John I)

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[Corinth Object] MF 7139: IRON SPEARHEAD

Iron spearhead with flat, leaf-shaped blade; hollow haft for insertion onto wood shaft. Iron. Missing parts. Single frgt., broken at one end. Badly corroded. Traces of wood inside handle ... according to Corinth 12

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[Corinth Object] MF 7214: BRONZE NEEDLE

Bronze needle consisting of a tapering shaft, lower part circular in section, upper part rectangular in section. Head flattened and rounded at tip, pierced with round hole D00.003. Bronze. Complete or ... Byzantine; context at least mid 12th c.

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[Corinth Object] MF 7215: BRONZE NEEDLE

Needle consisting of a tapering shaft, circular in section in the upper part, diamond-shaped in section in the lower part, tapering to a fine point. Head split and bows out slightly around eye, flattened ... Byzantine; context Alexius I (or poss. Manuel I)

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[Corinth Object] MF 7297: PAINTED BYZANTINE BOTTLE

Bottle with round shoulder, narrow tall neck, widening toward rounded lip. Cold-painted pattern beginning at base of neck: rising scales in whitish blue, a gold cross withing each scale. Brownish black ... 11th to mid 12th according to Corinth XII

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[Corinth Object] MF 7453: BYZANTINE BLUE GLASS BOWL

Bowl with coil base, deep kick with pontil mark, squat ovoid body, wide and straight flaring rim. Blue glass, very good material. Complete profile. Several joining fragments, complete profile, all of foot, ... 1937/10/23

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[Corinth Object] MF 7456: FRANKISH GLASS CUP

Cup with deep kick, pontil mark, rounded resting surface, straight flaring body, round lip. Mould-blown design of raised oval running horizontally. Pale greenish-blue glass; blowing spirals. Complete profile ... Probably 13th c.

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[Corinth Object] MF 7463: PAINTED BYZANTINE GLASS BOTTLE

Bottle with cylindrical body; painted with double yellow medallions with row of large yellow dots between lines. Gold scroll-work fills spaces between the medallions. Blue glass, good material, no weathering ... 11th to mid 12th c.

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[Corinth Object] MF 7464: FRANKISH PRUNTED GLASS BEAKER

Goblet with deep kick with pontil mark, nearly cylindrical body widening slightly to base of widely flaring rim with round lip. Ring of prunts circling bottom, 5 rings on body, thread at base of rim. Colourless ... Probably 13th c.

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[Corinth Object] MF 7465: FRANKISH PRUNTED GLASS BEAKER

Concave base with deep kick, ca. cylindrical body with opens slightly to base of tall flaring rim, set off from body by applied thread, plan lip. Prunts applies to body in a checkerboard pattern, toed ... 13th c.

[Corinth Object] MF 7471: GLASS DEBRIS OF BOWLS FROM FACTORY

Innumerable fragments from bowls with deep kick, flaring body to plain lip, as MF-5650A ... 11h to mid-12th c. according to Corinth 12

[Corinth Object] MF 7486: RED OPAQUE GLASS OBJECT

Red opaque glass base. Req poaque glass. Fragment. Single frgt., small part of base preserved ... 1937/10/25

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[Corinth Object] MF 7488: BYZANTINE BROWN BOTTLE

Mould-blown bottle with slightly concave bottom, cylindrical body with rows of raised blobs. Pontil mark on bottom. Opaque brown glasss with a black thread running through it; no weathering. Fragment ... Corinth XII P116 N759

[Corinth Object] MF 7493

11h to mid-12th c. according to Corinth 12

[Corinth Object] MF 7498: RED OPAQUE GLASS OBJECTS

Red opaque glass bases. Red opaque glass Fragment. Frgts ... 11h to mid-12th c. according to Corinth 12

[Corinth Object] MF 5736: BRONZE PHALLIC AMULET

Bronze phallic amulet with suspension loop. Bronze Complete or intact. Intact ... according to Corinth 12

[Corinth Object] MF 5750: BRONZE HANDLE

Bronze handle with hook at one end, ring attached to other. Bronze From Area 1B, 1.30 down ... 1936/05/23

[Corinth Object] MF 5832: BRONZE FIBULA

Bronze object with three largish projections on the back. Bronze From Area 1B, 1.40m down ... 1936/05/23

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[Corinth Object] MF 5833: BRONZE TWEEZERS

Tweezers consisting of a flat strap, folded to make a small loop at top, then pressed in and flaring out, curving in at blunt tips. Incised decoration: double wavy line on both sides, with dots in angles ... ? Byzantine? Coins to Turkish

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[Corinth Object] MF 5842: BRONZE NEEDLE

Bronze needle with round shaft, pointed tip; opposite end round with small round eye just below tip. Bronze. Complete or intact. Intact but bent. Tip partly corroded ... Late Byzantine, coins at least late 11th-early 12th c.

[Corinth Object] MF 5878: BRONZE BUTTON

Bronze slightly globular button made out of two hollow halves, top and bottom, joining horizontally, with suspension loop at top. Most similar to MF-2448; also MF-2015-27, MF-2015-28, and MF-2015-40. Bronze ... ?, based on comparanda

[Corinth Object] MF 6215a: BRONZE SPINDLE HOOK

Spindle hook, consisting of hollow cone, tapering to solid tip bent up into a hook. Single hole at mid height to attach wooden stick. Bronze Complete or intact. Intact ... ? 84? Byzantine? Context 13th c.

[Corinth Object] MF 6215b: BRONZE SPINDLE HOOK

See MF-XXXX-06215A. Bronze Missing parts. Complete except for hook ... ? 84? Byzantine? Context 13th c.

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[Corinth Object] MF 6430: RECTANGULAR TERRACOTTA PORTABLE ALTAR

Cyma recta ovolo type. Hollow rectangular portable altar with continuous base-crowning molding sequence (composed of a cyma recta decorated with a two-tier Lesbian leaf pattern in relief), and a flat top ... 1937/03/01

[Corinth Object] MF 6540: GLASS STRAIGHT STEM GOBLET

Goblet. Flat foot with undulation, so resting surface is the central area under stem rather than edges of base; mostly cylindrical stem with bulge near body; wide flaring sides so far as is preserved ... 1937/04/19

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[Corinth Object] MF 6583: LEAD SEAL OF POPE INNOCENT IV

Large circular seal. Obverse: Inscribed in a border of dots: INNO | CENTIVS | PP IIII Reverse: busts, nimbate, facing each other, of SS. Peter and Paul; Paul (left) with a long beard (other details lost), ... Mid-thirteenth century.

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[Corinth Object] MF 5234: BRONZE STYLUS

Stylus consisting of a thin shaft, round in section that appears to taper toward one tip; at other end widens to broad flat blade, triangular in plan. Scratches on blade - indications of sharpening? Incised ... Probably not later than tenth century

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[Corinth Object] MF 5293: STEATITE SCAPULAR

Rectangular plaque, top of which rounded and cut by small knob, pierced for suspension. Back smooth. Front has carved image, leaving narrow smooth border. Carved away from frame figure of Christ in low ... 11th-12th c.

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[Corinth Object] MF 5314: BONE STYLUS (?)

Long stylus, oval in section, flat along one face, other rounded, tapering to pointed tip; widening to other end and also tapering in thickness from front to back, cut flat. Near the blunt end are incised ... Byzantine

[Corinth Object] MF 5377: BONE PIN

Bone pin, pointed at both ends. Incised lines on one end. Bone From Area 1B, 1.10m down ... 1936/05/23

[Corinth Object] MF 5408: BRONZE BUTTON

Bronze button. Similar to MF-1995-2. Bronze. Complete or intact. Complete ... not later than 12th c., according to Corinth 12

[Corinth Object] MF 5480: LEAD SEAL

Circular lead seal with central perforation for attaching a cord. This specimen also shows how the Byzantine lead seals appeared after they had been cast and before they were used for sealing documents ... According to Corinth 12

[Corinth Object] MF 5516: STONE BUTTON

Stone button with incised lines. Purple steatite From Wall at G'-14 ... 1936/05/23

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[Corinth Object] MF 7658: BRONZE THIMBLE

Thimble, cone-shaped, tapering from bottom to top, forming flat band; open at top. Decorated with diagonal lines of stippling, forming triangles, alternately at bottom or top. Single line at bottom and ... Context Manuel I at least

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[Corinth Object] MF 7677: BRONZE FINGER RING WITH FLAT BEZEL

Finger ring consisting of flat band for hoop, soldered onto thin flat disk bezel. Incised on bezel: in center, Medusa-like head within a border of dots, and crude locks of hair extending outward in all ... Middle Byzantine?

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[Corinth Object] MF 7681: BRONZE THIMBLE

Thimble, cone-shaped, tapering from bottom to top with slight convex profile, open at top. Decorated with diagonal lines of coarse stippling, forming triangles, alternately at bottom or top. Single line ... Late Byzantine, context late 11th-early 12th

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[Corinth Object] MF 7724: BRONZE THIMBLE

Thimble with straight sides tapering very slightly from bottom to top. Three bands of irregular, vertical pin pricked lines. Bronze Complete or intact. Intact ... Byzantine

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[Corinth Object] MF 7738: IRON HORSESHOE

Iron horseshoe. Iron. Complete or intact. Complete; badly corroded. Hole through one side ... 1937/11/09

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[Corinth Object] MF 7750: BRONZE RELIQUARY CROSS

Cross formed of two sections with flanged edges, hinged at top. Engraved on one side: crucified Christ with beard and rayed halo, dressed in a long garment reaching ankles. Zigzag design on it, may represent ... 1937/11/XX

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[Corinth Object] MF 7818: BONE STYLUS (?)

Short stylus with broad shaft, flattened front and back, tapering to point at one end; opposite end blunt but tapers slightly from back to front.Surface polished. Two rows of incised circles (largely obliterated) ... Eleventh or twelfth century

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[Corinth Object] MF 7867: LEAD SEAL

Slightly flattened disk with raised ridge, string hole through center. Obv.: double-traverse cross with foliage, on a 3-step base. Stars in field lt. and rt. Around edge inscription. Reverse: inscription ... 1938/03/10

[Corinth Object] MF 7908: FLATTENED GLASS BEAD

Sphere flattened into disk. Longer perpendicular to perforation. Rough edges around perforation holes. Not heat-polished; surface irregular with winding striations still visible Glass, clear dark blue ... 1938/03/03

[Corinth Object] MF 7909: SPHERICAL GLASS BEAD WITH TRAIL AND DOT DECORATION

Irregular sphere. Wide (0.004) cylindrical perforation with slight taper. Green(?) circles trailed continuously around three irregular brick red blobs Glass, opaque. Dark blue almost black, with green(?) ... 1938/03/03

[Corinth Object] MF 7912: CIRCULAR GLASS COUNTER

Circular glass counter with domed top. Bottom somewhat rough, possibly from weathering. Glass, clear colorless yellowish Complete or intact. Intact. Entire surface corroded, some iridescence ... 1938/03/17

[Corinth Object] MF 7918: SPHERICAL GLASS BEAD WITH DOTS

Spherical bead with sides flattened around perforation Large (0.008) blobby dots in seafoam green and white (white may be another color, weathered to white) around perimeter Glass, dark blue with green ... 1938/03/10

[Corinth Object] MF 7930: FLATTENED BLUE GLASS BEAD

Sphere flattened into wide disk. Longer perpendicular to perforation. Worn around perforation holes, possibly from use. Glass, clear blue Complete or intact. 1 piece, intact. Iridescent and brown weathering, ... 1938/03/16