• r8-hob-55-10
    HoB 55: Amphora. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Amphora

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. HoB 55
    Date
    Late Bronze Age?, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P12.045
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Body Sherd
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Plainware
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    HoB
    Trench
    HoB
    Locus
    HoB LBA/EIA - Deep Sounding B - *94.75 Hearth and Below
    B-Grid Coordinates
    E5 - E10 / S95 *94.8 - 94.5
    Findspot
    E5-10 / S95 *94.8-94.5
    Description

    Neck of a large amphora (?) with shoulder marked by a raised band. Reddish-buff micaceous clay. Exterior and interior polished but exterior more heavily. Burning on interior.

    Late Bronze Age?

    Dimensions
    H. 0.1095, Th. 0.009.
    Comments
    See Also
    Bibliography
    Author
    AR

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