Corinth Object: MF 1650
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 1650
Title:   BRONZE NEEDLE
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   1650
Description:   Bronze needle consisting of a long shaft, circular in section, ending in a flattened, split head with a rectangular eye. Remains of groove for splitting above and below eye. Cf. Corinth XII, p. 176, #1244 and 1245.
Material:   Bronze
Condition:   Missing parts. Single fragment preserves all of shaft, eye; point broken off. Surface corroded.
Dimensions Actual:   Max. Diam. of shaft 0.0015, W. of head 0.003, Th. of head 0.001, Max. W. of eye 0.002, L. of eye 0.006
Dimensions Preserved:   L. 0.092
Period:   Byzantine
Chronology:   Byzantine? (on analogy with Corinth XII, #1244 and 1245)
Area:   Agora Southeast
Context:   NB135 P1
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Agora Southeast
Basket: NB135 P1
Notebook Page: NB 135, spread 8 (pp. 6 - 7)