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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 4556 | | Title: | | BRONZE FORK? | | Category Code: | | MF | | Object Number: | | 4556 | | Description: | | Bronze implement, most likely a Byzantine fork, consisting of two tines, square in section and tapering to sharp points, attached to a flat oval element with small projections at each corner. Lower part of handle preserved, consisting of a flat strip of metal. Cf. Parani, Bulletin of Christian Arch. Soc. 2010, pp. 157-8 for Byzantine bronze forks at Corinth (previously identified as probes). | | Decoration: | | Two incised horizontal lines on lower part of handle. | | Material: | | Bronze | | Condition: | | Missing parts. Single fragment preserves both tines, attachment point; handle or tang broken off. Tines slightly bent. | | Dimensions Actual: | | L. of tines 0.042 | | Dimensions Preserved: | | L. 0.055 | | Period: | | Byzantine | | Chronology: | | Byzantine? | | Area: | | Agora Southeast | | Context: | | NB139 P81 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Agora Southeast
Basket: NB139 P81
Notebook Page: NB 139, spread 49 (p. 81)
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