• r8-pc-76-10
    PC 76: Bichrome strap handle. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Bichrome strap handle

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. PC 76
    Date
    Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P13.043
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Handle
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Painted - White Bichrome - Patterned
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    PC
    Trench
    PC
    Locus
    PC Zone 1
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *88.75 - 88
    Findspot
    Zone 1 *88.35–88
    Description
    Upper end of a red-slipped handle, with a band of white slip framed by thin black lines. Over the white slip, diagonal lines in both directions, making a crosshatched diamond in the center, with the exterior lines of the diamond continuing to the edge of the handle, thus stretching the design. Compare to HoB 548, another handle with similar design.
    Dimensions
    H. 0.0405, W. 0272, Th. 0.103.
    Comments
    See Also
    Bibliography
    Author
    NHR

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