• r8-pc-139-10
    PC 139: Bichrome open vessel. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Bichrome open vessel

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. PC 139
    Date
    Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P60.046
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Open vessel
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Painted - White Bichrome - Patterned
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    PC
    Trench
    PC
    Locus
    PC SVC
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *90.5 - 89.75
    Findspot
    North of SVC *90.50–89.75
    Description
    Upper body fragment of open vessel. Surface slipped in a pinkish-white color, with red Vs and the beginning of inverted Vs below, to make a repeated X pattern. Vertical lines and a diamond pattern to the right. Two broader bands in red with two wavy black lines on at least one of them. Interior red-slipped.
    Dimensions
    W. 0.05, H. 0.032, Th. 0.006.
    Comments
    See Also
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    Author
    NHR

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