• r8-hob-537-10
    HoB 537: Spool. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Spool

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. HoB 537
    Date
    Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P58.575
    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, slightly broken at top. A thick torus at top and bottom; two deep concave grooves in between them. Traces of red to brown paint.
    Dimensions
    H. 0.076, Diam. of top and bottom 0.092, Diam. of bottom hole 0.022, Diam. of top hole 0.037.
    Comments
    See Also
    Bibliography
    Author
    GGD

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