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    HoB 107: Handle of amphora or jug with paint. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Handle of amphora or jug with paint

Date
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P16.028
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Handle
Pottery Ware
Mycenaean?
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB LBA/EIA - Deep Sounding A
B-Grid Coordinates
E10 - E15 / S100 - S105 Below *94.8
Findspot
E10-15 / S100-105 Below *94.80
Description

Vertical handle, oval in section. Painted wavy line runs along its length. Similar to HoB 169, from same elevation in Deep Sounding C. A deep gouge on the exterior.

Mycenaean, or imitation?

Dimensions
H. 0.045, W. 0.0355.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
AR