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| Inventory Number: | BI 217 | |
| Section Number: | ΠΘ 1041 | |
| Title: | Sea Shell | |
| Category: | Bone & Ivory | |
| Description: | The shell of a large bivalve (according to D.S. Reese, 26 January 1984, is a marine Clycymeris), used as palette. In the bottom, a pool of dull red paint; on the edge the marks of paint where the painter wiped his brush. Sampled by R. J. Gettens 7/21/71 Coloring matter identified by E. Caley as cinnabar: native mercury sulfide (4 April 1937). ADDENDA Coloring matter identified by S.W. Midgley as Cinnabar, Natural Mercuric Sulfide. | |
| Context: | Cistern. | |
| Notebook Page: | 1161, 2441 | |
| Negatives: | Leica | |
| Dimensions: | L. 0.08 | |
| Material: | Pigment Shell | |
| Date: | 26 March 1936 | |
| Section: | ΠΘ | |
| Grid: | ΠΘ:35/ΙΑ | |
| Elevation: | -2.68--2.68m. | |
| Masl: | -2.68m. | |
| Deposit: | D 11:2 | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 153. | |
| References: | Publication: Hesperia 14 (1945) Deposit: D 11:2 Card: BI 217 |
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