• r8-hob-68-10
    HoB 68: Gray Ware closed vessel. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Gray Ware closed vessel

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. HoB 68
    Date
    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P62.458
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Round-Mouthed Jug
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Grayware
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    HoB
    Trench
    HoB
    Locus
    HoB LBA/EIA - Deep Sounding B - Below *94.75 Hearth
    B-Grid Coordinates
    E0 - E3 / S95 - S97 *94.25 - 94
    Findspot
    E0-3 / S95-97 *94.25-94
    Description
    Joining fragments of shoulder and rim of a high-necked Gray Ware closed vessel with silvery wash. A raised band runs along the rim of the vessel and two raised bands mark where the shoulder meets the neck. Interior shows wheel marks. Polished surface with a body reduced to a uniform gray throughout.
    Dimensions
    H. 0.17, Diam. 0.22, Th. 0.005–0.009.
    Comments
    See Also
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    Author
    AR

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