Agora Object: BI 1383
Inventory Number:   BI 1383
Section Number:   ΒΖ 1958
Excavation Number:   martens:2014:f:70
Title:   Branch of Coral
Category:   Jewelry & Gems
Description:   Fifteen fragments of coral; fragmentary and very corroded.
Varying sizes. Most of them in long cylindrical shape. Natural perforation at center.

White to light brown coral.
Identified as member of Seleratinia family by Rena Veropoulidou (16 Oct. 2019).
Conservation Status:   Finished
Context:   Water sieving of fill around AA 378 B in Mycenaean Chamber Tomb J 1:11.
Handling:   Fragile, handle with care.
Stored in plastic box padded with ethafoam and acid free tissue.
Notebook Page:   10613
Dimensions:   P.L. (longest) 0.017, (shortest) 0.004; P.W. 0.001-0.005
Material:   Ivory
Chronology:   Mycenaean LH IIIA
Date:   4 August 2014
Section:   ΒΖ
Grid:   J/16,18-1/7,8
Elevation:   50.779-50.999m.
Masl:   50.779-50.999m.
Deposit:   J 1:11
Lot:   Lot ΒΖ 2114
Basket:   martens:2014:b:79
Bibliography:   Hesperia 89 (2020), no. 31, pp. 612, 614-615, fig. 19.
References:   Publication: Hesperia 89 (2020)
Images (6)
Deposit: J 1:11
Card: BI 1383