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    HoB 38: Bone toggle. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Bone toggle

Date
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
BI66.004
Material
Bone
Object Type
Bone and Ivory, Jewelry and Ornaments
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB LBA/EIA - Deep Sounding C - Finds Associated with the Donkey at *94.2
B-Grid Coordinates
E1 - E5 / S99 - S103 *94.8 - 94.2
Findspot
E1-5 / S99-103 *94.8-94.2
Description
Bone worked into a cylindrical shape that is narrower in the center than at the edges; a round hole through the middle. The ends are deeply indented. Entire surface smoothed. A crack on one side.
Dimensions
L. 0.055, W. at ends 0.017, W. at middle 0.014.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
AR