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    HoB 234: Bronze needle. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Bronze needle

Date
Early Iron Age, Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
M11.001
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Metalwork, Weaving Equipment
Metalwork Type
Weaving Equipment
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
B-Grid Coordinates
W4 - W6 / S100 - S108 *95.5 - 94.85
Findspot
W4-6 / S100-108 *95.5-94.85
Description

Long bronze needle, complete. Tapered shaft with a sharp point at one end and a pointed head with pierced oval eye at other. Bent about 2.5 cm below head.

Early Iron Age.

Dimensions
L. 0.12, Th. at head 0.002.
Comments
See Also
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Author
AR