• r8-hob-86-10
    HoB 86: Early Lydian cup (?). (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Early Lydian cup (?)

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. HoB 86
    Date
    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P62.406
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Cup
    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
    E10 / S90 to *93.2
    Findspot
    E10 / S90 To *93.20
    Description
    Vertical band handle and part of the rim of a Protogeometric cup (?). Buff clay with noticeable inclusions. Everted rim. Remains of worn, brownish-black paint on interior and exterior. Traces of narrow pendent concentric semicircles at left of handle.
    Dimensions
    H. 0.07, est. Diam. 0.18, W. of handle 0.025,Th. 0.005.
    Comments
    See Also
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    Author
    AR

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