| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 7178 | |
| Title: | BYZANTINE BRONZE FORK | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 7178 | |
| Description: | Byzantine bronze fork with two tines, rhomboidal in section and tapering to fine points, attached to an unusually three-dimensional horseshoe-shaped element with two projections where it connects with the tines. Attached to handle by a short cylindrical element. Handle hollow in center and resembles a baldaccino, with bottom part faceted and U-shaped, then four pillars, then another upside-down U-shaped part, then two raised squares. Upper part of handle a tang, square in section and tapering to a blunt point, for attaching to a handle of different material. Previously published as a bifurcated probe. | |
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L. 0.090, L. of tines 0.041, L. of handle 0.041 | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 12th century context | |
| Area: | Forum north central | |
| Context: | NB171 P139 | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth 12, cat. 1381; Parani, Bulletin of Christian Arch. Soc. 2010 (4.31), p. 157, footnotes 108, 110. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952 Monument: Forum north central Basket: NB171 P139 Notebook Page: NB 173, spread 78 (pp. 138 - 139) |
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