• r8-pc-57-10
    PC 57: Large closed vessel. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Large closed vessel

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. PC 57
    Date
    Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P13.068
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Closed Vessel
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Painted
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    PC
    Trench
    PC
    Locus
    PC Zone 2
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *90.7
    Findspot
    Zone 2 *90.70 above floor
    Description
    Fragment of the shoulder of a large closed vessel. Painted overall with a white slip, on which reddish lines are painted to form bold diagonal hatching. A wide red band at top of hatching, at least 0.016 m wide. Clay is reddish. An unusual decoration.
    Dimensions
    H. 0.075, W. 0.115, Th. 0.017.
    Comments
    See Also
    Bibliography
    Author
    NHR

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