• r8-pc-102-10
    PC 102: Bichrome lid. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Bichrome lid

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. PC 102
    Date
    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P60.079
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Lid
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Painted - White Bichrome - Patterned
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    PC
    Trench
    PC
    Locus
    PC Zone 1
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *90.5 - 90.15
    Findspot
    Zone 1 *90.50–90.15
    Description
    Reddish-buff fragment of a thick-walled shallow lid. Cream-colored slip on exterior. Nearer the outer edge, two concentric bands in red; between them, smaller black concentric circles and in the center of the design, a black dot. Toward the center of lid, bands of black, then red, then a reserved cream band, then a wider red band with two black bands (one faint) on top. Unglazed on interior. Evidence of burning on exterior and interior.
    Dimensions
    H. 0.08, W. 0.033, Th. 0.012.
    Comments
    See Also
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    Author
    NHR

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