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    HoB 301: 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.
P12.019
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Omphalos Phiale
Pottery Ware
Lydian Grayware
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB 85.1
Locus
HoB Lydian IV - Gray Ware and Other Monochrome from ca. *97.0 to *94.75
B-Grid Coordinates
E4 - E6 / S103 - S108 *96.75 - 96.6
Findspot
E4-6 / S103-108 *96.75-96.6
Description
Small Gray Ware mesomphalic bowl with complete profile preserved. High pronounced omphalos. Fine silvery finish over polished surface. A high-quality piece.
Dimensions
H. 058, H. of omphalos 0.032, Diam. of rim 0.11, Diam. of bottom 0.103, Th. of rim 0.0017.
Comments
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Author
AR