• r8-pc-71-10
    PC 71: Lydian imitation of an East Greek lebes. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Lydian imitation of an East Greek lebes

    Date
    Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P60.213
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Lebes
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Painted
    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

    Rim of a thick-walled lebes. Outwardly thickened ledge rim decorated with alternating Xs and radiating lines in dark brown over burnished clay. Just below the rim are three streaky red lines with black concentric circles painted on top. Below the short neck, the clay thickens, and is painted with streaky horizontal lines below which are two vertical lines alternating with diagonally hatched triangles. Exterior is polished. Streaky black interior. Heavily burned in part.

    Dimensions
    H. 0.095, W. 0.057, Th. 0.017.
    Comments
    See Also
    Bibliography
    Cf. Friis-Johansen 1958, pp. 102f., and Boardman 1967, pp. 106ff. and pls. 19ff.
    Author
    NHR