• r8-hob-61-10
    HoB 61: Painted pithos or krater. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Painted pithos or krater

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. HoB 61
    Date
    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P62.408
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Pithos, Krater
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Painted - Patterned
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    HoB
    Trench
    HoB
    Locus
    HoB LBA/EIA - Deep Sounding B - Below *94.75 Hearth
    B-Grid Coordinates
    E5 / S95 - S100 to *94.5
    Findspot
    E5 / S95-100 To *94.50
    Description
    Large checkerboard pattern in red consisting of a large square with four smaller red squares within. Additional horizontal and vertical bands as well.
    Dimensions
    H. 0.07, W. 0.088, Th. 0.012.
    Comments
    See Also
    Bibliography
    Author
    AR

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