• r8-hob-305-10
    HoB 305: Large Gray Ware krater (?). (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Large Gray Ware krater (?)

Date
8th c BC., Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P12.004
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Krater?
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
W7 / S108 *96.6
Findspot
W7 / S108 *96.6
Description

Rim, body, and handle of large open shape, unfamiliar at Sardis. Belly, shoulder, and rim form a re-entrant curve. Slight thickening at rim. Round-sectioned horizontal loop handle joins body at curve of shoulder.

Eighth century BC

Dimensions
H. 0.145, est. Diam. 0.34, Th. 0.0095.
Comments
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Author
AR