• r8-hob-364-10
    HoB 364: Iron knife. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Iron knife

Date
Context: last quarter of 8th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
M17.006
Material
iron
Object Type
Metalwork
Metalwork Type
Tool, Weapon or Armor
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian III - Central Area
B-Grid Coordinates
E5 / S100 *97.5 - 97
Findspot
E5 / S100 *97.5-97.0
Description
Iron knife blade. Three joining pieces. Heavily corroded. Concave edge tapered towards point. The other end slopes up and widens towards a flat edge.
Dimensions
L. 0.10, max. W. 0.014.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
AR