Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 5827 | |
Title: | BRONZE FINGER RING | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 5827 | |
Description: | Type H. Narrow hoop, convex outside, with knob-like projections on the shoulders. Oval bezel with double projections at each side. Cf. A very similar silver ring (Dalton, Catalogue of Medieval Finger Rings in the British Museum, no. 64) with the same inscription. Found in a grave in "St. Paul's" Church, with a coin of "House of Theodosius." | |
Writing: | inscribed. Incised on the bezel within a border of dots: KΕ BO HΘITω NΦOP'. | |
Material: | Bronze | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Hoop in fragments | |
Chronology: | Tenth or eleventh century Tenth or eleventh century | |
Area: | Agora south central | |
Context: | Agora south central | |
Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth XII, no. 1888 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Agora south central Basket: Agora south central Notebook Page: NB 159, spread 21 (pp. 215 - 216) |