• r8-hob-131-10
    HoB 131: Black on Buff plate. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Black on Buff plate

Date
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P13.178
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Dish
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Black on Buff
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
B-Grid Coordinates
W0 - W3 / S100 - S101 *95.5 - 94.8
Findspot
W0-3 / S100-101 *95.5-94.8
Description
Rim fragment of Black on Buff. Buff-red clay with some mica. Reserved rim has three radial lines in black. Interior and exterior covered with purplish-black slip.
Dimensions
H. 0.029, W. 0.046, Th. of rim 0.010, Th. of walls 0.008.
Comments
See Also
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Author
AR