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    Drawing. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Attic Red Figure Lekanis Fragment

Date
late 4th C. BC, Hellenistic
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P63.141
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Lekanis
Pottery Ware
Attic Red Figure
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
B-Grid Coordinates
W2.5 / S113 well, to *86.12
Findspot
well
Description
Fragment of wall with carination. Exterior: upper portion reserved, with a pattern, perhaps a debased palmette. Below carination, black glaze. Interior: black glaze misfired a strong red.
Dimensions
P.H. 0.03; P.W. 0.06; Th. 0.006.
Comments
Cf. Agora XII, 173, 326, no. 1275, pl. 42. The authors mention the angular profile and metallic glaze, also seen here.
See Also
Bibliography
Author
NHR