• r8-hob-736-10
    HoB 736: Unfinished bronze ibex bridle or harness ornament. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Unfinished bronze ibex bridle or harness ornament

    Date
    Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
    Museum
    Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 5350
    Museum Inventory No.
    5350
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    M62.057
    Material
    Bronze/Copper Alloy
    Object Type
    Metalwork
    Metalwork Type
    Horsetrapping
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    HoB
    Trench
    HoB
    Locus
    HoB Lydian I - South of Building C
    B-Grid Coordinates
    W20 - W25 / S90 - S95 *99.8
    Findspot
    W20-25 / S90-95 *99.80
    Description
    Tin bronze bridle or harness ornament. Recumbent ibex in relief, facing to right; face turned backwards; long horn curves up from the forehead down to the neck. Back: two loop attachments. Unfinished, solid cast.
    Dimensions
    H. 0.042, H. of loop 0.015, L. 0.050, W. of loop 0.018, Diam. of loop 0.008, Th. 0.009.
    Comments
    See Also
    See also: LATW Cat. 49
    Bibliography
    Hanfmann, "Sardis 1962," p. 11, fig. 9; Sardis M8, cat. no. 87; LATW, p. 447, no. 49.
    Author
    GGD