• r8-hob-539-10
    HoB 539: Spool. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Spool

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P58.579
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Spool
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Solid
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - Lydian Shop
B-Grid Coordinates
floor *96.7
Findspot
The Lydian Shop *96.7 floor
Description
Almost intact hollow spool, bottom hole and resting surface broken. A thick torus at bottom; two thinner ridges at top and at mid-body. Traces of red to brown paint over white slip.
Dimensions
H. 0.078, Diam. of top and bottom 0.095, Diam. of top hole 0.042.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD