• r8-pc-68-10
    PC 68: Bichrome stemmed dish. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Bichrome stemmed dish

    Date
    First half of 7th c BC, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P60.211
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Stemmed Dish
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Painted - White Bichrome - Patterned
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    PC
    Trench
    PC
    Locus
    PC Zone 1
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *88 - 87.5
    Findspot
    Zone 1 *88.00–87.50
    Description

    Fragment of a white Bichrome dish with a central indentation or dip. Exterior has a raised, circular area surrounding the (missing) stem. Black band along the raised area, and then a pattern of standing Vs with crosshatching. Interior: a thick, white band bordered by two black bands. Then groups of radial black lines. Then a white-slipped area with diagonal crosshatching. Both interior and exterior are polished. The indentation and the rest of the fragment is red-slipped on both sides. This is the early style of white Bichrome, according to A. Ramage.

    First half of seventh century.

    Dimensions
    L. 0.073, W. 0.04, est. Diam. 0.075–0.08.
    Comments
    See Also
    Bibliography
    Author
    NHR