• r8-hob-235-10
    HoB 235: Bronze pin. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Bronze pin

Date
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
M66.011
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Metalwork, Weaving Equipment, Jewelry and Ornaments
Metalwork Type
Weaving Equipment
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
B-Grid Coordinates
W5 - W6 / S100 - S102.5 *95.35 - 95
Findspot
W5-6 / S100-102.5 *95.35-95.0
Description
Bronze shaft of a pin that is rectangular in section and tapers to a point at the end. The other end is slightly curved as if to form a roll.
Dimensions
L. 0.10, Th. 0.001–0.005.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Sardis M8, cat. no. 659.
Author
AR