| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 5371 | |
| Title: | BRONZE OBJECT | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 5371 | |
| Description: | Bronze object, flat in section, except for the knob at the top. At the bottom is a circular perforation. There is a complete object of this kind in the Arabic Museum at Cairo, and another in the Benaki Museum at Athens. These show that a long hook fitted into the hole at the bottom. The object could then be used for suspending a lamp or other vessel. | |
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. In two pieces, broken but complete. Surface corroded. | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Chronology: | Based on Corinth 12 | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1454 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Notebook Page: NB 159, spread 15 (pp. 203 - 204) |
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