• r8-hob-62-10
    HoB 62: Pithos with incised mark. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Pithos with incised mark

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. HoB 62
    Date
    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P62.412
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Pithos
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Plainware
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    HoB
    Trench
    HoB
    Locus
    HoB LBA/EIA - Deep Sounding B - Below *94.75 Hearth
    B-Grid Coordinates
    E10 / S95 to *94.5
    Findspot
    E10 / S95 To *94.50
    Description
    Shoulder of pithos with incised lines drawn on a shallow horizontal band on the neck of the pithos. Graffito consists of three lines that converge to a point.
    Dimensions
    H. 0.14, W. 0.19, Th. 0.006.
    Comments
    See Also
    Bibliography
    Author
    AR

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