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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1957 ΝΑΔ 744

Category

Implement

Period

Roman Period

Date

1st-2nd cent. AD

Dimensions

Length: 0.077 m

Material

Bone

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 3, No 21

Description
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Intact sewing needle found in 1957 in the west Roman cistern on the Acropolis south slope. Its shaft is circular in section, the head flat with a figure-eight shaped eye and a pointy end that has become rounded due to use.

Παντερμαλής, Δ., Ελευθεράτου, Σ., Βλασσοπούλου, Χ., Μουσείο Ακρόπολης. Οδηγός, Αθήνα, 2016, σελ. 43-44, εικ. 32