Inventory Number: | W 42 | |
Section Number: | ΜΣ 1145 | |
Title: | Coffins and Bier Fragments | |
Category: | Wood | |
Description: | Many fragments, traces and preserved pieces of white wood. Apparently roughly finished planks 0.03-0.04m. thick forming coffins, one possibly only a bier. No nails or pegs preserved. Moist and friable on first exposure to air, seems to harden progressively; dissolves in water, does not burn. Largest single piece (measurements above) removed from under Δ's left side, preserved with Krylon, talc and wax. Red-brown stains may be bark. ADDENDA Wood identified by Mr. Papamichael of ΙΝΣΤΙΤΟΥΤΟΥ ΔΑΣΙΚΩΝ ΕΡΕΥΝΩΝ, as either pine or cypress. | |
Context: | From Chamber Tomb, below Middle Stoa Terrace opposite Pier 20; with spearhead B 1287. Associated with skeletons Γ and Δ in north half of chamber. Observed to Max. H. of 0.45m. from floor over Δ, at length of ca. 1.90m. under his bones. | |
Notebook Page: | 2063 ff. | |
Negatives: | Leica | |
Dimensions: | L. (largest single piece) 0.95; W. (largest single piece) 0.05; Th. (largest single piece) 0.04 | |
Material: | Wood | |
Date: | 4-13 August 1965 | |
Section: | ΜΣ | |
Deposit: | N 12:4 | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 35 (1966), pp. 64, 65, pl. 21. | |
References: | Publication: Hesperia 35 (1966) Image: 1997.20.0413 (Various vi-77) Deposit: N 12:4 Card: W 42 Card: W 42 |