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HoB 451: Iron chisel. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Iron chisel
- Date
- Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- M14.010
- Material
- Iron
- Object Type
- Metalwork
- Metalwork Type
- Tool
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB Lydian II - Building K
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W36 - W40 / S106 - S108 *98.8 - 98.5
- Findspot
- W36-40 / S106-108 *98.8-98.5 ⁓ between K and G, to west
- Description
- Several joining pieces of iron chisel. Heavily corroded. It is composed of two main sections (blade and socket) where traces of joining are visible. Short and rectangular blade is preserved; bevel at the end has a flatter rectangular section and is broken. Socket is circular and open below.
- Dimensions
- L. 0.013, W. of socket 0.019, W. of blade 0.0095, Th. of blade 0.0055.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- GGD