Collection: | Agora | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | BI 1223 | |
Inventory Number: | BI 1223 | |
Section Number: | ΒΖ 1216 | |
Excavation Number: | handler:2005:f:36 | |
Title: | Palmette Stamp | |
Category: | Bone and Ivory | |
Description: | Mended from two fragments, broken at one end. Burnt bone discolored black and white and cracked. Length of bone, roughly square in section, slightly flaring at preserved end with palmette stamp carved into it. Stamp is slightly off the long vertical axis. Palmette with seven petals springing from two volutes. Carved end is crisp and well-preserved. | |
Context: | Fill in Room M. | |
Handling: | Placed in a polystyrene box with a support made from ethafoam and Tyvek. The plasticine impression was similarly boxed separately and the two boxes were placed in a large box next to one another for easy viewing. | |
Notebook Page: | 7015 | |
Dimensions: | P.L. 0.025; H. 0.008; W. 0.007, (volute) 0.0055 | |
Material: | Bone | |
Date: | 24 June 2005 | |
Section: | ΒΖ | |
Grid: | J/17-1/18 | |
Elevation: | 52.708m. | |
Masl: | 52.708m. | |
Lot: | Lot ΒΖ 1551 | |
Basket: | handler:2005:b:1 | |
Period: | Roman | |
Bibliography: | Camp (2008), p. 93, fig. 9. | |
Hesperia 76 (2007), p. 644, fig. 18. | ||
References: | Publication: Camp (2008) Publication: Hesperia 76 (2007) Report: 2005 Excavations Image: 2005.02.0007 Image: 2009.07.0016 Image: 2005.03.0059 Card: BI 1223 |