Fragment of a Late Protocorinthian Vessel of Uncertain Shape
- Date
- Ca. 650-620 BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P59.311
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Uncertain
- Pottery Ware
- Late Protocorinthian
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- PC
- Trench
- PC
- B-Grid Coordinates
- ca. *92
- Findspot
- “Room of the Block”
- Description
Late in LPC or early in TR. Small wall fragment with a slight curve. A feline (?) walking to right, paws incised, stands on a band of black glaze. The remainder of the fragment is decorated with lines and bands of added color on black glaze: two white, two red, followed by an area of black glaze; then two red, two white, followed by two bands of red. The overpaint is worn. Glaze: glossy and black. Clay: fine, smooth, and hard. Pinkish beige with a creamy exterior. Munsell nos.: body, 7.5 YR 8/4 (pink); exterior, 10 YR 8/4 (very pale brown).
Another very small wall fragment showing the legs and paws of a feline, uninv. HoB 19/vi/65, was found at W 2.00--8.00/S 103.00--107.00 *99.50--99.20. It probably dates late in LPC. Munsell nos.: body, 5 Y 6/3 (pale olive); exterior, 10 YR 7/3 (very pale brown).
- Dimensions
- P.H. 0.034; P.W. 0.025; Th. 0.004
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- JS