• r8-hob-552-10
    HoB 552: Terracotta mold. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Terracotta mold

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
T59.016
Material
Terracotta
Object Type
Mold
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Test Pit Below Lydian Shop
B-Grid Coordinates
E20 / S60 *96.55
Findspot
E20 / S60 *96.55 ⁓ test pit below the floor of the Lydian Shop, west of Lydian Room
Description
Rectangular mold. Cutting on upper surface: a small square and a horizontal line above; square and horizontal line is intersected by a short vertical line immediately above the square. Pour channel is placed below the square. Two small holes at opposite corners.
Dimensions
L. 0.023, W. 0.031, Th. 0.007–0.008.
Comments
See Also
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Author
GGD