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PC 133: Krater. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Krater
- Date
- Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P60.409
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Krater
- Pottery Ware
- East Greek Geometric?
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- PC
- Trench
- PC
- Locus
- PC Beneath LVC/South
- B-Grid Coordinates
- *87.4
- Findspot
- Beneath LVC/South *87.40
- Description
- Rim and handle fragment of a krater with buff fabric. Chocolate brown color over creamy slip. Everted ledge rim with projecting lug serving as the place where the curved faux handle attaches to the rim. Curved handle imitation is attached to the body of the vessel. Cream slip on exterior with brown decoration. Top of rim is decorated with thick, radial strokes, and the edge is outlined in a narrow band. Side of rim has a series of solidly filled triangles that emerge from a thick band below. Pseudo-handle is outlined in thick bands and is filled with diagonal lines. Surface between the inside of the handle and the rim of the vessel is decorated with triangles. The register between the rim and the exterior of the handle is composed of a checkerboard pattern with brown and reserved squares and a series of narrow vertical lines. Below the handle is another thick band and the beginning of a checkerboard pattern. Streaky brown on interior. Exterior and interior are smoothed.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.068, Diam. 0.28, Th. 0.008.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR