Agora Object: IL 499
Inventory Number:   IL 499
Section Number:   ΠΘ 1726
Title:   Hooked Iron Object
Category:   Iron & Lead
Description:   Both ends seem to be broken off.
Long shaft like a pin, twisted in opposing curves at ends. A circular button-like adheres at the middle.
This object adheres by corrosion to the upper part of IL 498; it is possible that it is actually a continuation of the pin shaft of IL 497, bent back when put into the burial amphora.
Notes:   Agora sample no. 638.
Context:   Grave 6: found in burial amphora P 8041, with IL 495-498, IL 500, B 381, and P 8043.
Cf. IL 495.
Handling:   nestled in Ethafoam pad, 20% RH stable.
May 1988: nestled in Ethafoam in box inside plastic bag: consists of 9 fragments.
with gloves
Negatives:   Leica, 6-324, LVII-31, 82-406
PD Number:   PD 2774-99
Dimensions:   P.L. 0.18
Material:   iron
copper alloy
Date:   12 June 1936
Section:   ΠΘ
Grid:   ΠΘ:6/ΝΖ
Deposit:   C 9:13
Bibliography:   Agora XXXVI, no. T52-6, p. 364, fig. 2.254.
References:   Publication: Agora XXXVI
Image: 2012.25.0047 (6-324)
Image: 2012.56.0421 (82-406)
Image: 2012.53.0826 (LVII-31)
Deposit: C 9:13
Card: IL 499
Card: IL 499