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Overview of body fragment. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Early Corinthian Alabastron Fragment
- Date
- Ca. 620-590 BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P63.354
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Alabastron
- Pottery Ware
- Early Corinthian
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W20 - W22 / S105 - S108 *99.90 - 99.60
- Description
Early in EC. Body fragment. A portion of a shield with a swirl pattern on which added red and white alternate with black glaze. The incision between the segments and around the edge of the shield is firmly executed. Part of a fine incised rosette appears in the field. Glaze: crackled, worn, and of medium gloss where preserved. Clay: smooth and fine with a glossy exterior. Yellow-buff. Munsell no. 10 YR 8/3 (very pale brown).
The careful incision and added color suggest that this alabastron was made early in EC.
A small wall fragment with a similar rosette (uninv. HoB 5/vii/65) was found at HoB W 28.50--28.30/S 111.50--109.00 *99.75--*99.50. The petals are well rounded and the incisions divide them precisely. The date is early in EC. Munsell no. 10 YR 8/4 (very pale brown).
- Dimensions
- P.H. 0.055; P.W. 0.045; Th. of wall 0.004
- Comments
- Cf. CVA Italy 44, Capua 4, III.C., pl. 4, no. 8 (Inv. 50) (It. 1954). The swirl pattern is used more frequently during MC, as seen in Payne, NC no. 951.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Published: listed in BASOR 174 (1964) 13.
- Author
- JS