Agora Object: ST 969
Inventory Number:   ST 969
Section Number:   ΒΕ 1993
Conservation Number:   3964
Title:   Five Buttons
Category:   ST Stone
Description:   Three are intact. Two are chipped at base and broken off at tip.
Polished surface with scratches. "Shanked" type of button with small top, concave sides and sharply flaring base. Concave bottom (one with flat base). Pierced through center.
Yellowish-brown soapstone (?).
Cf. Agora XIII, no. VIII-9 (ST 59), III-23 (ST 390).
Context:   Mycenaean Chamber Tomb.
Handling:   kept in a plastic box with lid
Notebook Page:   8859
Dimensions:   H. 0.010-0.012; Diam. (of base) 0.018-0.0205
Material:   Stone
Date:   24 July 1998
Section:   ΒΕ
Grid:   K/1,3-2/5,6
Elevation:   52.09-51.151m.
Masl:   51.151-52.09m.
Deposit:   K 2:5
Bibliography:   Hesperia 72 (2003), p. 273, no 49 e.
Published Type:   Agora XIII, no. VIII-9 (ST 59), III-23 (ST 390).
References:   Publication: Agora XIII
Publication: Hesperia 72 (2003)
Image: 2007.01.3369
Deposit: K 2:5
Card: ST 969