KM169 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Bronze Pendant Bell with Iron Clapper) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
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 description
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
Associated with Burial Context
Koutsongila Grave 46
Chronology comment
Late Roman-Early Byzantine
Explanation of deposition
Funerary adornment probably for young child 46K but possibly for woman among 46C-46F.
Material
Bronze (Material)
Material
Iron (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus G46-005
Location in unit
Fill over east floor of cist with disturbed bones, near KM182.
Drawing
Photograph