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DefinitionHook
MaterialBronze
DimensionsShaft, l. 9 cm., diam. 1.5 mm. Pendant: shaft l. at least 4. cm., diam. 1 mm. Chain: l. max., current, 1.5 - 2 cm.
DescriptionA hook with three fine chains (35 mm long), two of which end with 6 rings, alternating large and small, and one of which ends with a small ‘S’ hook.For suspension of haning lamp.
State of ConservationThe chain pendant of one of the three suspended elements is missing, another is missing several terminal links of its chain, that best preserved may have lost an end link(s). The wire suspension elements of the pendants are diversely bent. The terminal hook of the main shaft has been forced open.
ComparandaMitchell and Hansen, eds. 2001, 335, n. 12.34; for the s-hook chain, see Mitchell and Hansen, eds. 2001, 340, n. 12.66.

Context VM_4154
- DefinitionPavement preparation comprised of small stones south of 4141 in Room I, Building I