Object: IL 1066
Inventory Number:   IL 1066
Section Number:   ΟΟ 1269
Title:   Iron Bit-shaped Object Fragments
Category:   Iron & Lead
Description:   Preserved nearly complete in four fragments (two free, one corroded against part of larger bit-shaped object, IL 1063, and one corroded against light spearhead, IL 1059).
Composed of two sections, equal in length, the whole resembling in shape a snaffle bit. Sections are joined by interlocking loops at one end; the other end of each section is terminated in a free, loop. Constructed from two interlocking strands of iron, twisted to form shaft. Ends are tucked back to form free loops.
See nb. p. 2793, for details of construction and drawings.
Also see IL 1063, for same object slightly larger in size.
IL 1066 and IL 1063: 189.9gr
Conservation Status:   Finished
Context:   Grave 3.
Handling:   Metals Room 90-25, Nov. 24, 2003-April 15, 2004
Notebook Page:   3103
Negatives:   Leica, color slide, XXXV-88, XLV-4, XLV-84
PD Number:   PD 2774-102
Dimensions:   L. ca. 0.24, (each section) 0.12
Material:   Iron
Date:   29 June 1949
Section:   ΟΟ
Grid:   ΟΟ:58/Δ
Deposit:   D 16:4
Bibliography:   AgoraPicBk 24 (1998), p. 11, fig. 15.
    AgoraPicBk 13 (1973), fig. 39.
    Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 281, pl. 75, no. 9, fig. 3.
    Agora XXXVI, no. T13-16, p. 116, figs. 2.62-2.64.
References:   Publications (4)
Report: 1949 ΟΟ
Images (10)
Deposit: D 16:4
Notebook Pages (5)
Card: IL 1066
Card: IL 1066