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    HoB 271: Gray Ware mesomphalic bowl. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Gray Ware mesomphalic bowl

Date
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P12.014
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Omphalos Phiale
Pottery Ware
Lydian Grayware
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding A
B-Grid Coordinates
W2 - W6 / S89 - S94 *96.3 - 96
Findspot
W2-6 / S89-94 *96.3-96.0; W0–6 / S90–93 *96.7–96.3
Description
Two joining pieces provide complete profile of Gray Ware mesomphalic bowl. Shallow nicked rim. Low omphalos comes to a point. Slight circular ring indentation to set off omphalos on interior. Interior, silvery wash.
Dimensions
H. 0.0445, Diam. 0.16, Diam. of omphalos 0.0435, Th. of bottom 0.009, Th. of rim 0.003.
Comments
See Also
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Author
AR