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[Agora Object] BI 1166: Worked Bone

Complete. Mended from five fragments. Short length of bone, sawed at one end, smoothed at the other. Two engraved lines go most of the way around the sawed end. Four engraved lines around smoothed end, ... 30 June 1999

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[Agora Object] BI 1290: Shell with Pigment

Mended from two fragments, gap along edge close to the hinge. Ovoid shell with red pigment on interior surface also embedded in soil sample kept from the inside of the shell. Finished Northwest corner ... 14 June 2007

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[Agora Object] BI 1291: Shell with Pigment

Slightly chipped at one edge otherwise complete. Red and yellow pigment preserved on interior surface. Finished Northwest corner of Room II. 8137 ... 14 June 2007

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[Agora Object] BI 1299: Bone Button

Intact. Small circular bone ring with rounded edge. Large center hole. Small flattened patch on two opposite sides, worn or intentional? Yellow bone with slight tint of green. Finished Late floor, Layer ... 18 July 2007

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[Agora Object] BI 1300: Bone Button

Circular bone bead. Chipped at one rim. Covered in concretions. Large hole in the center. Biconical profile with flat collar at top and bottom. Yellow ivory color. Finished Late floor, Layer IV. In fill ... 19 July 2007

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[Agora Object] BI 1301: Bone Button

Circular bone bead. Back surface flat; rounded top surface is worn down on two opposite sides, one side particularly thin. On the side horizontal score (from the lathe?). Ivory color with a greenish ... 31 July 2007

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[Agora Object] BI 1318: Bone Button Fragment

Circular bone button or bead, just over half preserved. Surface weathered. Flat on both sides with beveled edge. Hole pierced through center. Score on one side from use? Light brown color. Cf. BI 1301 ... 21 July 2008

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[Agora Object] BI 1319: Bone Tool

Mended from two fragments. Broken at end of narrow point. Top of shaft flat. Two notches, one opposite each other, 0.006m. from the head. Irregular surface. Rasp marks on surface, unpolished. Light color ... 25 July 2008