Identification Number: 03TR11U12met03

Kerkenes Inventory ID: K03.164

Classification: Metal / Architectural Iron

Finding Type: Brace

Item: Brace, nail

Material: Iron

Images

Photographs 05dpnk0615 by Murat Akar.

Description

Swallow-tailed brace with a single nail hole at either end containing remnants of heads and part of one shank and loose shank fragment, complete. The bar is rectangular in section and flared at each end. The nails are square in section and taper to a point.

Dimensions

Diameter: bar: 3.3 cm. Height: bar: 20.3 cm. Thickness: bar: 0.8 cm.

Context

Palatial Complex. Monumental Entrance. Ashy layer above the pavement.

Publication

Summers, Palatial Complex, Chicago: OIP in press.