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Overview of rim fragment. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Drawing: profile. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Lakonian Krater Fragment
Monograph 10: The Corinthian, Attic, and Lakonian Pottery from Sardis
(1997)
Cat. Lak 13
- Date
- Ca. 580-540 BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P62.305
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Krater
- Pottery Ware
- Lakonian Black Figure
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- PN
- Trench
- PN
- B-Grid Coordinates
- *87.6
- Findspot
- PN "Persian East," in the eastern part, i.e., the ca. 35-40 sq. m. zone at ca. W 226.00-235.00/S365.00-372.00, under "hortus conclusus," *87.60-*87.40. (For more on the findspot, PI. 3 and supra, "Introduction," 134 and n. 9.)
- Description
Rim-neck fragment (including neck-shoulder juncture). Clay gray (10YR 5/1-5/2), hard. Decoration in cream (2.5Y6/2-5/2) slip, black (N2/)glaze.
Interior, on top surface of rim and on exterior of neck, glaze. On side of rim, slip, over which maeander hooks between rows of dots (Stibbe Type 3) in glaze. Underside of rim reserved. Overall grayish color may be the result of misfiring or accidental firing.
- Dimensions
- P.H. 0.083; P.W. 0.07; est. diam. of rim, 0.22; Th. of rim 0.013.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- CHG