Corinth Object: MF 2009 32
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 2009 32
Title:   BRONZE EARRING
Category Code:   MF
Year:   2009
Object Number:   32
Description:   Earring with a single piece of wire tapered at one end and shaped into a hoop, a flattened spherical hollow bead threaded and soldered onto the wire near the other end; the wire continues through the opposite side of the bead and curves slightly before being folded over at the end to form a small oval eye. The bead is made of two halves soldered together. Similar to MF 1555.
Material:   Bronze
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact. Excellent condition.
Dimensions Actual:   Diam. of hoop 0.04, Diam of bead 0.016, Th. of hoop 0.0015
Period:   Byzantine
Area:   Nezi Field
Context:   Nezi Field, context 6518, LOT 2009 088
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2010 4340
Basket: Nezi Field, context 6518