Corinth Object: MF 2009 15
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 2009 15
Title:   BRONZE BUCKLE
Category Code:   MF
Year:   2009
Object Number:   15
Description:   Bronze buckle with thin, flat cast plate in the form of a truncated ellipse, two hinges at the straight end; on the bottom, two loops at 90 degree angle to the hinges, third loop at the center of the curved end. See MF 7145 (Corinth XII, p. 273, no. 2220, pl. 115), MF 2843 (Corinth XII, p. 273, no. 2221, pl. 115).
Material:   Bronze
Condition:   Fragment. Plate with three bottom loops preserved. Two side hinges broken. Excellent condition.
Dimensions Actual:   L. of plate 0.029, W. of plate 0.022, H. with hinges 0.008
Dimensions Preserved:   L. 0.034
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   10th-11th (Corinth XII, p. 269). No later than 12th c., probably at least a century earlier (Corinth XII, p. 273, no. 2220)
Area:   Nezi Field
Context:   Nezi Field, context 6540, LOT 2009 070
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2010 4352
Image: digital 2010 4353
Basket: Nezi Field, context 6540