| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2008 1 | |
| Title: | GLASS WEIGHT | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2008 | |
| Object Number: | 1 | |
| Description: | Small round disk, flat on one side, slightly concave on side with stamp, with rounded edges. For glass stamps, see Corinth XII, p. 334, nos. 2874-2876 (MF 8130, 7111, 8331), MF 7819, 7106. For glass weights, see S. Bendall, Byzantine Weights: An Introduction, London 1996, pp. 60-65. | |
| Writing: | stamp. Cross in center with monogram, N at the terminus of the right arm, E at the terminus of the left arm, a pomegranate at the terminus of the upper arm, and a floral decoration at the terminus of the lower arm. Cf. MF 1976 4. | |
| Material: | Clear bluish glass. | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Almost complete, small nick spanning 70 degrees of the edge. Completely covered in enamel weathering flaked off in one place. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Diam. 0.014, Th. 0.004. | |
| Weight Description: | 0.002 | |
| Weight: | 0.002 | |
| Period: | Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 8th or 9th century based on design of stamp, see Corinth XII pp. 312, 319 (no. 2706, MF 8337). | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context: | Nezi Field, context 5506 | |
| Findspot Description: | 269.31E 1027.55N 84.61El. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Nezi Field Image: bw 2008 069 21 Image: bw 2008 069 22 Basket: Nezi Field, context 5506 |
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