• r8-hob-217-10
    HoB 217: Clay basin. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Clay basin

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. HoB 217
    Date
    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P12.052
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Basin
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Plainware
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    HoB
    Trench
    HoB
    Locus
    HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
    B-Grid Coordinates
    W2 - W5 / S99 - S100 *95.2 - 94.2
    Findspot
    W2-5 / S99-100 *95.2-94.2
    Description
    One fragment preserving rim, wall, and part of base of clay basin. Thick vertical walls, and a flat base. Probably would have been oval. Surface has crumbled away in many areas. Unidentified black traces on the interior surface and evidence of burning on the base.
    Dimensions
    H. 0.113, L. 0.236, Th. of walls 0.022, Th. of base 0.0365.
    Comments
    See Also
    Bibliography
    Author
    AR

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