• r8-pc-90-10
    PC 90: Gray Ware amphora. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Gray Ware amphora

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. PC 90
    Date
    Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P60.156
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Amphora
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Grayware
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    PC
    Trench
    PC
    Locus
    PC Zone 1
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *89
    Findspot
    Zone 1, northeast corner against east wall *89 (above mud floor)
    Description
    Fragment of the neck and beginning of the shoulder of a large Gray Ware amphora. An unusual form in Gray Ware. A silvery wash over the surface where not burned. Burnished on the exterior.
    Dimensions
    H. 0.095, W. 0.135, Th. 0.007, est. Diam. 0.19.
    Comments
    See Also
    Bibliography
    Author
    NHR

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