| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 10018 | |
| Title: | 22 SMALL BRONZE OBJECTS | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 10018 | |
| Description: | 22 fragments of small bronze objects, including: two joining fragments of a very small balance beam (L. 0.105); a fragment of another, larger, balance beam arm (pres. L. 0.027); two fragments of loom combs (pres. L. 0.024 and pres. L. 0.023); a roughly made ear spoon with chipped bowl, perhaps in a stage of manufacture (pres. L. 0.082); a possible needle fragment (pres. L. 0.089); a flat strip of metal with impressed decoration on one side, perhaps part of a buckle (pres. L. 0.026, Max. pres. W. 0.013); another long, flat strip of hammered bronze (pres. L. 0.103); a flat bronze sheet (pres. L. 0.044, pres. W. 0.029); a small rolled sheet of bronze (L. 0.017); 5 fragments of wire of varying lengths; and 6 fragments of flattened/rectangular metal strips of varying lengths. Objects found in a context tied to metalworking and may have been used in or products of the manufacturing process; some hammered and some cast. | |
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Condition: | Fragment. 22 fragments; none intact. Two balance fragments join to make an almost complete balance bar; suspension hole chipped. | |
| Manufacture: | Hammered, cast | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | Min. L. 0.016, Max. L. 0.105 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Chronology: | Byzantine | |
| Area: | Agora southwest | |
| Context: | NB211 P75 | |
| Bibliography: | Robinson & Weinberg, Hesperia 29 (1960), p. 235, pl. 60d; Mattusch, Hesperia 1977, p. 388, footnote 46. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Mattusch, Hesperia 46:4, 1977 Publication: Robinson & Weinberg, Hesperia 29:3, 1960 Monument: Agora southwest Image: bw 1961 034 34 Image: slide 1960 011 05 Image: slide 1960 011 06 Basket: NB211 P75 Notebook Page: NB 210, spread 80 (pp. 150 - 151) Notebook Page: NB 211, spread 42 (pp. 74 - 75) |
|
Show Everything (687,905) Publications (3,438) Reports (169) Letters (2,823) Places and Monuments (374) Plans and Drawings (14,400) Images (251,993) Objects (117,577) Classifications Sign in Provide feedback |
|
