Corinth Object: ZM 13
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   ZM 13
Title:   LATE HELLADIC BRONZE SICKLE
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   ZM
Object Number:   13
Description:   Curved bronze blade, with a single edge that tapers to a rounded end. The tang is punctuated near the end by a single large rivet hole for handle attachment. Blegen notes that the type is well-known, and that similar knives or sickles have been found at Mycenae (Blegen 1928, p. 203). Cf. Paschalidis 2018, p. 163, cat. no. B52. M 4854, fig. 310, dated to LH IIIC Middle/Late (Phase 4), from Klauss.
Decoration:   none
Material:   Bronze
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact
Period:   Late Helladic
Findspot Description:   Late Helladic layer of a trial trench below the west foot of the hill, Zygouries
Bibliography:   Blegen 1928, Zygouries, p. 203, fig. 190.2
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 2002 014 03a