| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 8461a | |
| Title: | IRON SWORD | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 8461 | |
| Object Suffix: | a | |
| Description: | Iron sword with long tapering blade, diamond shaped in section, with possibly two cutting edges; bronze hilt fitting over top of blade, with raised piece along top having two large scallops on top and bottom and rounded ends. Above this long, flattened wooden or bone handle held in place by two bronze studs. Blade corroded, and covered with what is probably remains of wooden sheath and traces of cloth (?). | |
| Material: | Iron, bronze | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Mended from two fragments, blade complete, handle partly disintegrating. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L. 0.91, W. at top of blade 0.045, W. of handle 0.025 | |
| Area: | South Stoa west | |
| Context: | NB183 P86 | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia(1874) vol. 43 #6 pp 517-21 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: South Stoa west Images (5) Basket: NB183 P86 Notebook Page: NB 183, spread 47 (pp. 85 - 86) |
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