| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2015 55 | |
| Title: | GOLD HAIR SPIRAL | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2015 | |
| Object Number: | 55 | |
| Description: | Small spiral of gold wire, twisted into circular shape at one end (Diam. ca. 0.017) that is not twisted at other end. Similar to MF-6091 and MF-6092 (Corinth XII, pp. 248-250, nos. 1999 and 2000, pl. 107). | |
| Decoration: | Some of wire with ribbed impression, perhaps from twisting or squeezing during manufacturing process; pattern not found throughout length of wire, coiled part does not have this impression. | |
| Material: | Gold. | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete. Minimal surface staining. | |
| Manufacture: | HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L. 0.036, W. 0.024, Th. 0.001 | |
| Weight Description: | .003 | |
| Weight: | .003 | |
| Period: | Protogeometric (1050/1025-900/875) | |
| Chronology: | based on description in Dickey 1992, "Corinthian Burial Customs, ca. 1150-550 BC," p. 86-87, LV-28/29 and LV-33, pp. A-12-14 | |
| Area: | South Stoa | |
| Context: | South Stoa, context 248, LOT 2015 082 | |
| Bibliography: | James 2019, Hesperia 88.1, cat. 4 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: South Stoa Images (5) Basket: South Stoa, context 248 |
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