• r8-pc-30-10
    PC 30: Part of thick dish (?) painted in Black on Red. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Part of thick dish (?) painted in Black on Red

    Date
    9th c BC, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P13.069
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Dish
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Painted - Black on Red - Patterned
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    PC
    Trench
    PC
    Locus
    PC Zone 3 Diagonal Cut
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *88.5 - 88
    Findspot
    *88.50–88.00
    Description

    Black on Red painted designs on the upper side of a thick dish or lid. A series of diagonally hatched diamonds between horizontal lines, with short lines in the interstices between the diamonds, on top and bottom. A second horizontal line, with opposed triangles toward the center of the dish. Underside is red-slipped.

    Lydian IV, Geometric. Ninth century.

    Dimensions
    H. 0.06, W. 0.045, Th. 0.01.
    Comments
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    Author
    NHR