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    HoB 671: Small bone roundel. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Small bone roundel

Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. HoB 671
Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Museum
Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum
Museum Inventory No.
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
BI18.011
Material
Bone
Object Type
Bone and Ivory, Jewelry and Ornaments
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB 63
Locus
HoB Area Around Building F and Earlier Levels
B-Grid Coordinates
W7 - W9 / S106 - S111 *99.5 - 99.1
Findspot
W7-9 / S106-111 *99.5-99.1 ⁓ Building F, east side of the north corner
Description
Slightly conical roundel, pierced through the center. Convex front side, incised design encircling the central piercing: on one side, a concentric circle with a central drilled hole; on other side, two intersecting concentric circles (one with a central drilled hole, and the other with a central drop pattern) forming a spiral. Back side, flat.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD

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