• r8-pc-94-10
    PC 94: Complete olpe, part of a canine ritual cache. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Complete olpe, part of a canine ritual cache

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. PC 94
    Date
    Probably before mid-6th c BC, Lydian
    Museum
    Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 7463
    Museum Inventory No.
    7463
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P60.083
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Olpe
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Painted - Dipped
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    PC
    Trench
    PC
    Locus
    PC Zone 1
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *89.8
    Findspot
    PC Zone 1 *89.80, near Wall 9
    Description

    Jug has a vertical band handle. Dipped or painted, and burnished on upper body. Lower body a smooth buff. Painted band inside rim.

    Lydian I, probably before mid-sixth century BC

    Dimensions
    Diam. of rim 0.04, Diam. of base 0.04, W. of band handle 0.02.
    Comments
    See Also
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    Author
    NHR

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