• m10-lak-12-10
    Overview of rim fragment. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m10-lak-12-20
    Drawing: profile. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Lakonian Krater Fragment

Date
Ca. 580-540 BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P62.311
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Krater
Pottery Ware
Lakonian Black Figure
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PN
Trench
PN
B-Grid Coordinates
*88 - 87.8
Findspot
P N "Persian East," i.e., the ca. 90 sq. m . zone at ca. W 226.00-238.00/S 363.00-378.00, under the Roman street, ca.*88.00-*87.80, apparently in riverine gravel, immediately below floor at ca. *88.00. (For more on the find spot, Pl. 3 and supra,"Introduction," 134 and n.9.)
Description

Small rim fragment. Clay grayish (10 YR 5/3). Decoration in cream slip (worn) and black (N3/) glaze.

Interior of neck, on inner top surface of rim, and exterior of neck, glaze. On outer top surface of rim, slip. On side of rim, slip, over which maeander hooks between rows of dots in glaze (Stibbe Type 3). Underside of rim reserved.

Dimensions
P.H. 0.045; P.W. 0.0235; Th. of rim 0.015.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
CHG