• r8-hob-507-10
    HoB 507: Bone roundel. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Bone roundel

    Date
    Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
    Museum
    Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 4341
    Museum Inventory No.
    4341
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    BI65.002
    Material
    Bone
    Object Type
    Bone and Ivory, Jewelry and Ornaments
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    HoB
    Trench
    HoB
    Locus
    HoB Lydian II - Other Bothroi
    B-Grid Coordinates
    W24.5 / S112.5 *98.5
    Findspot
    W24.5 / S112.5 *98.5 ⁓ South Side (bothroi)
    Description
    Bone roundel. Incised decoration in nomadic Animal Style. Front side: stylized, abstract depiction of a curled animal. Upper central part: head encircled with a half-circle of short vertical incised lines; eye formed by a small circle with a central incised dot; ear, placed to the right of eye, is circular and has a triangular cut set at the base. From left, one hind leg that terminates in a volute (bordered with a narrow band of short vertical incised lines) lies below a linear tail that ends in a volute. From right, a foreleg with a paw shown as a volute (under a narrow band of short vertical incised lines). A three-quarter circle, encircled with a narrow band of short vertical incised lines and with an incised star at center, is placed between the head and tail. A narrow band of short vertical incised lines borders the underside of the animal at the central lower part of the roundel. Back side: flat.
    Dimensions
    Diam. 0.043.
    Comments
    See Also
    See also: LATW Cat. 54
    Bibliography
    Hanfmann, "Sardis 1965," pp. 13–14, fig. 9; Greenewalt, “Sardis 1972,” pp. 33–34, fig. 11; Greenewalt, Cahill et al. "Sardis 1986," pp. 166–67, 173 n. 49, figs. 34–37; Ivantchik 2001a, pp. 73–75; Dusinberre 2010, p. 195, fig. 2; LATW, p. 450, no. 54.
    Author
    GGD