Identification Number: 11TR24U21met02

Kerkenes Inventory ID: K11.264

Classification: Metal / Iron (hematite)

Finding Type: Object

Item: Weight in the form of a truncated sphere

Material: Iron

Images

Photograph 11dpcc0668 by Joseph Lehner.Drawing by Ben Claasz Coockson.

Description

Weight in the form of a truncated sphere. Not exactly spherical, the transition from the curved to the flat face is not very sharp. Appears to have been ground down and carefully polished to a high sheen. There are some slight corrosion products on the surface. Identification of the material awaits analysis, perhaps hematite.

Dimensions

Height: 25 mm.Diameter: 29 mm. Weight: 88 gr.

Context

Cappadocia Gate, found just above the floor of Room 2 in the northwest corner of the gate.

Publication

Summers, Cappadocia Gate, Chicago: OIP in press.