• r8-hob-539-10
    HoB 539: 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 539
    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

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