• r8-hob-79-10
    HoB 79: Gray Ware jar with ridges. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Gray Ware jar with ridges

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. HoB 79
    Date
    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P12.051
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Jar
    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
    E10 / S90 to *93.8
    Findspot
    E10 / S90 To *93.8 ⁓ below the hearth, and about two meters to the northwest
    Description
    Vertical neck of Gray Ware jar with ledge rim. Shallow, recessed groove on exterior below rim; four narrow raised ridges on neck. Light gray fabric with silvery wash is smoothed on exterior and interior, although much thinner on interior.
    Dimensions
    H. 0.0412, Diam. of rim 0.22, Th. 0.0065.
    Comments
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    Author
    AR

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