• r8-hob-299-10
    HoB 299: 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.
P12.010
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 - Gray Ware and Other Monochrome from ca. *97.0 to *94.75
B-Grid Coordinates
E1 - W1 / S98 - S101 *97 - 96.6
Findspot
W1-E1 / S98-101 *97.0-96.6
Description
Gray Ware mesomphalic bowl with high omphalos. Abrupt carination on exterior at transition from wall to floor. Polished and silvery wash on exterior and interior.
Dimensions
H. 0.03, Diam. 0.14, H. of omphalos 0.028.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
AR