Corinth Object: MF 2012 24
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 2012 24
Title:   BONE STYLUS OR PIN
Category Code:   MF
Year:   2012
Object Number:   24
Description:   Bone stylus or pin, undecorated, tapers at ends, one edge flattened, one edge pointed. Cf. MF 10305, except more worn closer to the pointed end -- indicating where it was held?
Material:   bone
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact, mostly worn, well-polished surface preserved only at one end, iron residue stains surface attributed to secondary deposition.
Dimensions Actual:   L. 0.113, Diam. 0.005
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   middle 12th c.
Area:   Nezi Field
Context:   Nezi Field, context 823
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2012 1150
Basket: Nezi Field, context 823