• r8-hob-341-10
    HoB 341: Dark Gray Ware jug. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Dark Gray Ware jug

Date
Context: last quarter of 8th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P62.288
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Jug
Pottery Ware
Lydian Grayware
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian III - Central Area
B-Grid Coordinates
E0 / S98 *97.1
Findspot
E0 / S98 *97.10
Description
Nearly complete Gray Ware jug. Raised band at join of shoulder and neck. Thin-walled mouth. Globular body with flat base. Band handle attaches from the rim to the shoulder. Surface has been well smoothed.
Dimensions
H. 0.185, W. of band handle 0.03, Diam. of body 0.17, Diam. of base 0.075.
Comments
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Author
AR