• r8-pc-117-10
    PC 117: Gray Ware deep omphalos phiale. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Gray Ware deep omphalos phiale

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. PC 117
    Date
    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P60.444
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Omphalos Phiale
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Grayware
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    PC
    Trench
    PC
    Locus
    PC Beneath LVC/North
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *89.5 - 88
    Findspot
    Beneath LVC/North *89.50–88.00
    Description
    Shallow, Gray Ware bowl with everted rim and rounded lip. Three recessed grooves (the lowest of which is more prominent) run horizontally around the body of the vessel. Center has an omphalos. Smoothed on interior and polished on exterior.
    Dimensions
    H. 0.06, Diam. of rim 0.15–0.16, Diam. of base 0.042, Th. 0.007.
    Comments
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    Author
    NHR

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