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HoB 610: Antler. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Antler
- Date
- Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- BI14.003
- Material
- Bone
- Object Type
- Bone and Ivory
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB Lydian I - Building B and Vicinity
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W5 / S100 *99.3
- Findspot
- W5 / S100 To *99.30 floor ⁓ Building B
- Description
- Hollow antler. Cut out smoothly at both ends forming a slightly bent, cylindrical, hollow pipe-like tool. Exterior, three smoothed areas; slightly cracked at several parts in between the natural grooves on the antler; small hole that does not go through to the interior. Interior, spongy bone preserved.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.08, Diam. of top ca. 0.003 × 0.0047, Diam. of bottom ca. 0.0038 × 0.0051.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- GGD