Corinth Object: MF 1996 44
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 1996 44
Title:   IRON FINGER-RING WITH GLASS PASTE BEZEL
Category Code:   MF
Year:   1996
Object Number:   44
Description:   Finger ring for man with hoop and setting for bezel cast in single piece; band flat inside, rounded on exterior, widest at center of bezel, tapering toward band. Slightly oval bezel in glass, inset into band with intaglio: impression unintelligible: horse ? bird ?
Material:   Iron Translucent yellowish glass
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving bezel and ca. 1/3 hoop. Iron pitted, bezel weathered.
Dimensions Actual:   W00.014 (max) L00.011 (bezel)
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.026
Dimensions Restored:   D00.02 (ca., interior of hoop)
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late 2nd-5th c. A.C.
Area:   Panaghia Villa
Context:   NB892 P19
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia Villa
Basket: NB892 P19
Notebook Page: NB 892, spread 14 (pp. 18 - 19)