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    HoB 608: Bone pins. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Bone pins

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Museum
Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 6719
Museum Inventory No.
6719
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
BI61.017
Material
Bone
Object Type
Bone and Ivory, Jewelry and Ornaments
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - Building B and Vicinity
B-Grid Coordinates
W0 - W5 / S100 *99.3
Findspot
E0-W5 / S100 *99.30 floor ⁓ Building B
Description
Two tan bone pins, both nearly complete: 1. Head rounded; roughly circular in section; tapering to point at one end; 2. Head rounded; roughly circular in section; tapering to point at one end.
Dimensions
L. 0.07, Diam. of head 0.006.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD