| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2005 17 | |
| Title: | BRONZE FINGER RING | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2005 | |
| Object Number: | 17 | |
| Description: | Bronze finger ring, cast, with narrow band tapering to a point at each end and widening toward the bezel, which is an elongated oval, flat on the inner surface and slightly convex on the outer surface. In the center of the bezel is slightly inset and glued a hemispherical colorless glass pellet. Similar to MF 5011 (Corinth XII, p. 234, no. 1812, pl. 102). | |
| Material: | Bronze and glass | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete, tapered ends of band bent outwards from bezel. | |
| Manufacture: | OT (bronze cast, glass cast, polished and glued) | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Diam. of bezel gem 0.003 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | Diam. of band 0.024 | |
| Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Dated 2nd or 3rd c. AC based on parallel. | |
| Area: | Panaghia west | |
| Context: | NB971 B23 P47 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia west Image: bw 2005 024 28 Basket: NB971 B23 P47 Notebook Page: NB 971, spread 30 (pp. 47 - 48) |
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