• r8-hob-607-10
    HoB 607: Bone pin. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Bone pin

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
BI61.016
Material
Bone
Object Type
Bone and Ivory, Jewelry and Ornaments
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - Building B and Vicinity
B-Grid Coordinates
E5 - E10 / S95 *99.3 - 98.8
Findspot
E5-10 / S95 *99.30-98.80 ⁓ east of Building B
Description
Tan bone. Complete. Head, long and rectangular in section; below head, roughly circular in section; tapering to point at the other end.
Dimensions
L. 0.071, L. of head 0.022, Diam. 0.004–0.001, Th. of head 0.003–0.005.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD