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HoB 245: White Bichrome foot of krater. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
White Bichrome foot of krater
- Date
- Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P62.385
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Krater
- Pottery Ware
- Lydian Painted - White Bichrome - Patterned
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding B
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E5 - E10 / S90 - S95 *95.3 - 94.9
- Findspot
- E5-10 / S90-95 *95.30-94.90
- Description
- Fragment of foot of a geometric krater. Bichrome with white slip on exterior. Painted decoration consists of black diagonal crosshatching within a square enclosed by a white band. Additional diagonal crosshatching to the side of the white band, and a black and white checkerboard pattern below; the whole may have made up an elaborate meander design. A motif of lozenges begins after a reserved vertical band. A horizontal band painted red below. Wheel marks on interior.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.07, W. 0.07, Th. 0.013.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- AR