• r8-hob-147-10
    HoB 147: Small jug. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Small jug

Date
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P12.089
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Jug
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Brown on Buff
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
B-Grid Coordinates
E1 - W6 / S105 - S107 to *96
Findspot
E1-W6 / S105-107 To *96.0
Description
Everted rim of cup with slightly tapered lip. Red, micaceous clay. A duller Black on Red. Decoration on exterior consists of a series of opposed triangles, as in a butterfly pattern, bordered top and bottom by a black line at the rim and base of neck. Polished on both exterior and interior.
Dimensions
H. 0.0475, Th. 0.003.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
AR