• r8-hob-139-10
    HoB 139: Imported Greek bowl. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Imported Greek bowl

    Date
    Late Geometric, Early Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P66.068
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Bowl
    Pottery Ware
    Greek Geometric
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    HoB
    Trench
    HoB
    Locus
    HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
    B-Grid Coordinates
    E1 - W1 / S104 - S106 *96.6 - 96.2
    Findspot
    E1-W1 / S104-106 *96.6-96.2
    Description

    Rim fragment of imported Greek bowl. Fine buff clay, painted brown inside. Exterior: two bands at rim; below these, a row of diamond shapes with a dot in the middle of each, placed side to side vertically. Below these, another band. Paint brownish.

    Probably Late Geometric Euboean, according to M. Kerschner (personal communication, Sardis, July 1–2, 2016). Popham, Sackett, and Themelis 1980, pl. 48, nos. 159–63.

    Dimensions
    H. 0.03, Diam. 0.12, Th. 0.003.
    Comments
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    Author
    AR