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HoB 338: Gray Ware krater with mending holes. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Gray Ware krater with mending holes
- Date
- Context: last quarter of 8th c BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P65.273
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Krater
- Pottery Ware
- Lydian Grayware
- 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 floor; W0–6 / S98–101 To *97.4
- Description
- Many fragments, some joining, of a large carinated, thick-walled krater that sustained discoloration from heavy burning. Wide ledge rim, ridged on the underside. Spool handle with loop rising vertically from the rim. A narrow decorative ridge from rim to carination on exterior. A series of mending holes extends from rim vertically down the body of the vessel. Polished.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.185, Diam. of outer rim 0.54, Diam. of inner loop handle 0.023, L. of vertical spool or strut 0.08, Th. 0.09 × 0.013.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- AR