• latw-79-1
    Streaky-glaze skyphos with reserve band. (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul)

    Streaky-glaze skyphos with reserve band

    Date
    Ca. mid-6th c BC, Lydian
    Museum
    Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 8151
    Museum Inventory No.
    8151
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P95.024
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Skyphos
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Painted - Streaky
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    MMS
    Trench
    MMS-I 93.1
    Locus
    MMS-I 86.1 Locus 109
    B-Grid Coordinates
    E151 - E163 / S55 - S66.5 *99.3 - 98.2
    Description
    Ceramic skyphos with white bands. Conical foot, gently curving body turning in slightly at top; plain rim. Two horizontal loop handles. Exterior and interior painted with thick glossy slip, with distinct stacking line. No reserved band at handle zone. White bands on lower foot, exterior and interior of body. Mended from many fragments. Height 0.104 m, diameter of rim 0.105 m.
    Comments
    From the court of a Lydian house (Area 4-6, with Nos. 67, 70, 71, 76, 77, 89, 98, 99). A typical Lydian shape; see No. 77.
    See Also
    Greenewalt, “Lydian Pottery”; Greenewalt, “Bon Appetit”; Cahill, “Persian Sack”.
    Bibliography
    Greenewalt et al. 1995.
    Author
    NDC