| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 6174 | |
| Title: | BRONZE IMPLEMENT WITH SPLIT RECTANGULAR BLADE | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 6174 | |
| Description: | Instrument with elaborate handle, from top down: 3 oval beads separated by single reels, long rectangular segment which contracts to second, narrower rectangular segment, which in turn widens to long narrow blade. One face of blade smooth, other decorated. Blade slightly split from side to side at bottom. | |
| Decoration: | Incised decoration: on first rectangular segment of handle diagonal hatching from left and right, meeting in center; on blade 3 preserved panels on front face - top has incised cross between 2 lines, next two cut into facets; below this surface corroded. | |
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete except for small chip from tip of blade.Lower part of blade corroded. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L00.107 W00.006 (blade) L00.038 (blade) | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | Coins to John II (1118-1143) | |
| Area: | St. John's | |
| Context: | NB169 P280 | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1387; Salonica Exhibit, 2001 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Monument: St. John's Basket: NB169 P280 Notebook Page: NB 169, spread 45 (pp. 279 - 280) |
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