• r8-hob-343-10
    HoB 343: Gray Ware handle. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Gray Ware handle

Date
Context: last quarter of 8th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P14.034
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Handle
Pottery Ware
Lydian Grayware
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian III - Central Area
B-Grid Coordinates
W7 - W9 / S100 - S105 *97.5 - 97.2
Findspot
W7-9 / S100-105 *97.5-97.2
Description
Handle made of three coils of dark gray micaceous clay. Triple round handle with two larger coils supporting a smaller one on top; the smaller band of clay is flanked by two bosses at its base. Highly polished.
Dimensions
H. 0.109, W. 0.0295, Th. 0.0235.
Comments
See Also
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Author
AR