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HoB 424: Knucklebones. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Knucklebones
- Date
- Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- BI14.006
- Material
- Bone
- Object Type
- Knucklebone or Gaming Piece
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB Lydian II - Building H
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W34 / S127 *99.4
- Findspot
- W34 / S127 *99.4 ⁓ Building H
- Description
- Set of fourteen knucklebones: eight from cattle and six from sheep. One of the sheep and one of the cow knucklebones has a drilled hole; some show signs of being ground on both faces.
- Dimensions
- L. × W. 0.081 × 0.056 (largest); 0.027 × 0.018 (smallest); Th. 0.021 (largest); Th. 0.014 (smallest)
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- GGD