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HoB 239: Small stone pounder. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Small stone pounder
- Date
- Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S12.003
- Material
- Stone
- Object Type
- Stone Implement
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W4 - W7 / S103 - S107 *96 - 95.6
- Findspot
- W4-7 / S103-107 *96.0-95.6
- Description
- A dense igneous stone with iron stains and inclusions. Rounded stone; triangular in shape with rounded top. Ovoid bottom is relatively flat and bears traces of cutting marks. Wear on rounded top suggests that this was the end that was used for pounding.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.042, Roughly oval base ca. 0.036 × 0.029 m; Wt. 73.7 g.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- AR