• r8-hob-107-10
    HoB 107: Handle of amphora or jug with paint. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Handle of amphora or jug with paint

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. HoB 107
    Date
    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P16.028
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Handle
    Pottery Ware
    Mycenaean?
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    HoB
    Trench
    HoB
    Locus
    HoB LBA/EIA - Deep Sounding A
    B-Grid Coordinates
    E10 - E15 / S100 - S105 Below *94.8
    Findspot
    E10-15 / S100-105 Below *94.80
    Description

    Vertical handle, oval in section. Painted wavy line runs along its length. Similar to HoB 169, from same elevation in Deep Sounding C. A deep gouge on the exterior.

    Mycenaean, or imitation?

    Dimensions
    H. 0.045, W. 0.0355.
    Comments
    See Also
    Bibliography
    Author
    AR

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