• r8-pc-129-10
    PC 129: Gray Ware krater (?). (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Gray Ware krater (?)

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. PC 129
    Date
    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P60.359
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Krater?
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Grayware
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    PC
    Trench
    PC
    Locus
    PC Beneath LVC/South
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *89.5 - 88
    Findspot
    Beneath LVC/South *89.50
    Description
    Gray Ware wall of bulbous krater (?) with knobs under handle. Stump of a band handle with three knobs beneath, imitating a metal pot where rivets would have attached the handle. Wall is thin for the size of pot.
    Dimensions
    H. 0.112, W. 0.118, Th. 0.005, W. of handle 0.06.
    Comments
    See Also
    Bibliography
    Author
    NHR

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