• r8-pc-36-10
    PC 36: Pithos with graffito. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Pithos with graffito

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. PC 36
    Date
    Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P60.153
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Pithos
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Plainware
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    PC
    Trench
    PC
    Locus
    PC Zone 2
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *88.4 - 88
    Findspot
    Zone 2 *88.40–88.00
    Description
    Fragment of a pithos just below the neck. A deeply grooved graffito made with a round-tipped object appears to represent an arrow sign. A shallow groove above the sign.
    Dimensions
    H. 0.056, W. 0.125, Th. 0.015.
    Comments
    See Also
    Bibliography
    Hanfmann, “Sardis 1960,” p. 24, fig. 11.
    Author
    NHR

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