The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis

HoB 141: Mycenaean (?) cup rim and loop handle. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Mycenaean (?) cup rim and loop handle

Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. HoB 141

Date: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.: P66.137
Material: Ceramic
Object Type: Pottery
Pottery Shape: Cup
Pottery Ware: Mycenaean?, East Greek? Protogeometric
Pottery Attribution
Site: Sardis
Sector: HoB
Trench: HoB
Locus: HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
B-Grid Coordinates: W2 - W4 / S107 - S109 *95 - 94.8
Findspot: W2-4 / S107-109 *95.0-94.8

Description

Complete loop handle tilts upward toward rim. Black/brown band at rim, on handle, and two horizontal bands below handle. Interior, band at rim; bands in a lighter wash below.

Mycenaean or imported Protogeometric. M. Kerschner: “Sub-Protogeometric”; analyzed by him (sample Sard 41).

Dimensions

H. 0.055, Diam. 0.15, Th. 0.004.

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