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    HoB 336: Banded, flaring buff foot. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Banded, flaring buff foot

Date
Context: last quarter of 8th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P65.274
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Stand?
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Banded / Waveline
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian III - Central Area
B-Grid Coordinates
W0 - W5 / S101 - S103 *97.4
Findspot
W0-5 / S101-103 *97.4
Description
Flaring foot with thick red band around the base. Buff fabric. A small, raised ridge marks where the painted band ends. Three, thinner bands alternating with reserved bands. Traces of a thick band remain at uppermost break. Exterior polished. Discoloration due to fire.
Dimensions
H. 0.055, Diam. of foot 0.19.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
AR