Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 2005 49 | |
Title: | IVORY SPINDLE OR PIN | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Year: | 2005 | |
Object Number: | 49 | |
Description: | Spindle or pin with round shaft. | |
Decoration: | Elaborately decorated head with different mouldings, inserted disk bordered by raised rings, oval portion, groove bordered by raised rings, hemispherical portion with incision around top, short thick cylindrical portion topped by wide cylinder incised by two grooves, thin cylinder on top. Decorative elements similar to MF-275 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 2299), MF-4081 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1424), and MF-5579 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1425). | |
Material: | Ivory | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., broken at both ends. | |
Manufacture: | Lathe-turned | |
Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.012 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.043 | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Chronology: | 1st or 2nd c. based on comparanda in Corinth 12 | |
Area: | Panaghia north | |
Context: | NB969 B26 P82 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Panaghia north Image: bw 2008 069 18 Basket: NB969 B26 P82 |