Inventory Number: | IL 2010 | |
Section Number: | ΒΖ 1407 | |
Excavation Number: | handler:2006:f:122 | |
Title: | Iron Lid for Chytra | |
Category: | Iron and Lead | |
Description: | Iron disk (mended from five fragments) and shaft (mended from two fragments). Chip missing from the disk. Both very corroded. Bulbous corrosion products on underside of disk, bronze adhering to one area. Bones incorporated into the corrosion of the shaft. Round, flat iron disk with raised edge. Iron shaft, square in section, originally attached and projecting from center of disk. Found sitting on top of the mouth of chytra P 35446, possibly serving as its lid, with the shaft poking through a hole at the bottom of it. One vial and one small bag of related fragments. | |
Conservation Status: | Finished | |
Context: | On top of vessel mouth P 35446, west of Wall 7. | |
Handling: | handle carefully wearing gloves; there are very fragile bone fragments attached to the shank | |
Notebook Page: | 8119 | |
Dimensions: | Diam. (disk) 0.068; L. (shaft) 0.102 | |
Material: | Iron | |
Date: | 3 August 2006 | |
Section: | ΒΖ | |
Grid: | J/15-1/16 | |
Elevation: | 52.167m. | |
Masl: | 52.167m. | |
Lot: | Lot ΒΖ 1638 | |
Basket: | handler:2006:b:71 | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 90 (2021), pp. 81, 83, 84, figs. 4, 7. | |
References: | Publication: Hesperia 90 (2021) Images (5) Card: IL 2010 |