| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 3943 | |
| Title: | IVORY DECORATION | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 3943 | |
| Description: | Beautifully carved conventionalized floral design with a slight polish (perhaps originally more brilliant) on the convex upper surface. The back is flat. Five small holes for attachment to a box or chest. | |
| Material: | Ivory | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Several joining fragments, fragmentary. | |
| Period: | Early Byzantine (610-802 AD) | |
| Chronology: | Found in context containing objects as late as the time of Manuel II (1391-1425) but probably of the early Byzantine period. | |
| Area: | Forum southeast | |
| Context: | NB139 P128 | |
| Findspot Description: | Forum Southeast | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth XII, no. 946 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum southeast Notebook Page: NB 139, spread 85 (p. 128) |
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