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The number of museums and monuments that will remain open with free admission to more than 125 across the country, while in 85 of them will be concerts, theatrical performances and tours!
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National Arcaeological Museum - Object of the Month | August 2012

  

Βολίδα ανίχνευσης και μέτρησης βάθους βυθού
- καταπειρατηρία  | Sounding-weight

 Material: Lead
Provenance: Antikythera shipwreck. From the material retrieved in 1976 (15 November)
Date: First half of first century BC (terminus ante quem)
Dimensions: Height: 0.142m, upper diam.: 0.062m, base diam.: 0.155m, weight: 14.460kg
Inv. no: Athens, National Archaeological Museum X 19013
Room:Temporary Exhibitions Wing, Room I

Fragmentary, suspension ring missing. Whitish layer of oxidization over the entire surface, chipped on the ring base and body.

This sub-conical object resembles a bell because of its concave base. The flat upper surface features twο small square mortises for the now lost suspension ring. The ring base is between 0.014 and 0.03m thick, and shows four small holes for nails, 0.027m from its edge. One of the holes is square (side 0.007m long) suggesting that the nail shaft had the same section and thickness!

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