• r8-hob-292-10
    HoB 292: Imported Geometric cup. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Imported Geometric cup

Date
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P64.445
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Cup
Pottery Ware
East Greek Geometric
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian IV - to *96.10
B-Grid Coordinates
W23.5 - W25 / S117.5 - S119 *95.6
Findspot
W23.5-25 / S117.5-119 To *95.60
Description
Small fragment of a cup in buff clay with nicked rim. Rim painted on top and exterior with orange-brown paint. On upper body, below rim, concentric circles. Interior painted the same orange-brown (cf. HoB 281, although this one is finer).
Dimensions
H. 0.022, Diam. 0.2, Th. 0.005.
Comments
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Author
AR