KM169 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Bronze Pendant Bell with Iron Clapper) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Pendant
Comparanda
cf. Simsek2011, vol. 1, p. 168, pl. 134:742, vol. 2, p. 630, no. 583 (Laodicea ad Lycum, Early Roman[?])
Description
Bronze pendant bell with iron clapper. Small, conical bell with two fine horizontal grooves around upper walls and long clapper inside. Large suspension loop on top has circular perforation and hexagonal outline with rounded section.
Preservation comment
Intact but missing lower rim; clapper might be broken. Moderate bronze disease on bell and heavy rust on clapper, which is fused to interior wall of bell.
Published as
Panelas2022, pp. 1085, 1086, no. 695, fig. 22.3
Diameter
0.021
Preserved height
0.026
Other Dimensions
W. loop 0.009
Material
Bronze (Material)
Material
Iron (Material)
Suggested citation
“KM169 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Bronze Pendant Bell with Iron Clapper).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/km169>