Corinth Object: MF 4993
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 4993
Title:   BRONZE EAR SPOON
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   4993
Description:   Bronze ear spoon with shaft made of a flattened strip of metal, slightly rounded on the back, tapering to a blunt point at one end and narrowing from W. 0.005 to W. 0.003 for 0.018 m before the bowl at the other end. Shallow concave bowl.
Decoration:   Back of shaft on both wide and narrow parts decorated with incised chevrons pointing towards bowl. L. 0.017 from tip left undecorated.
Material:   Bronze
Condition:   Missing parts. Single fragment preserves shaft, tip, ca. half of bowl; other half of bowl broken off. Shaft slightly bent in places.
Dimensions Preserved:   L. 0.010, Max. Diam. of bowl 0.006
Period:   Roman
Chronology:   Roman
Area:   Agora Southeast
Context:   NB148 B1 P6, LOT 1935 081
Bibliography:   Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1318
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952
Monument: Agora Southeast
Basket: NB148 B1 P6
Notebook Page: NB 148, spread 7 (pp. 5 - 6)