• r8-pc-69-10
    PC 69: Lydian Geometric dish. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Lydian Geometric dish

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. PC 69
    Date
    Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P60.209
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Dish
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Painted - Brown on Buff
    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 Brown on Buff shallow dish, rising at the edge near the rim. Interior: two dark bands, concentric semicircles each with a central dot, three more bands, and then a central circular dark field. Exterior: pendent triangles with diagonal lines near the rim; three lines, a register of meanders, and three more lines. Interior of vessel is heavily discolored by burning to a dark and light gray.
    Dimensions
    L. 0.07, W. 0.038, Th. 0.008.
    Comments
    See Also
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    Author
    NHR

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