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    HoB 78: Pithos with incised chevron pattern. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Pithos with incised chevron pattern

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. HoB 78
    Date
    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P12.035
    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 - S100 *94.2 - 93.7
    Findspot
    E10 / S95-100 *93.9-93.0; E10 / S95–100 *94.2–93.7
    Description
    Rim of large storage vessel. Reddish-orange micaceous clay with gray core. Ledge rim; below, on neck, two raised bands flanking an incised chevron pattern.
    Dimensions
    H. 0.15, Th. 0.0105.
    Comments
    See Also
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    Author
    AR

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