• r8-hob-538-10
    HoB 538: Spool. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Spool

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Museum
Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 6567
Museum Inventory No.
6567
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P58.576
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 broken. A thick torus at top and bottom; two deep concave grooves in between them. Traces of red to brown paint.
Dimensions
H. 0.082, Diam. of top and bottom 0.096, Diam. of top hole 0.022.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD