Corinth Object: MF 2009 13
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 2009 13
Title:   IRON KEY
Category Code:   MF
Year:   2009
Object Number:   13
Description:   Key with short, thick shaft, simple wards in trapezoidal shape and an immovable ring-handle. Cf. MF 2191 (Corinth XII, p. 138, no. 984, pl. 70), MF 1989 5.
Material:   Iron
Condition:   Complete profile. Single fragment preserving almost complete key except for small part of shaft; corroded.
Manufacture:   OT-cast
Dimensions Actual:   L. 0.114, Th. of shaft 0.023, Diam. of ring-handle 0.066
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   10th-12th c. A.C. (Corinth XII, p. 137).
Area:   Nezi Field
Context:   Nezi Field, context 6401, LOT 2009 014
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2010 4356
Basket: Nezi Field, context 6401