• r8-hob-378-10
    HoB 378: Cooking Stand. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Cooking Stand

Date
Context: last quarter of 8th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
T66.002
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Cooking Stand
Pottery Ware
Lydian Cooking Ware
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian III - Floor at W0-5/S98-101 *97.6-*97.4
B-Grid Coordinates
W0 - W5 / S98 - S101 *97.6 - 97.4
Findspot
W0-5 / S98-S101 *97.6-97.4
Description
About a third of a hearth stand with a band handle and two [of three] triangular supports for a pot. Smooth edge of stand (for letting in air to the coals) preserved. Rough reddish fabric. Surface blackened from use inside and out.
Dimensions
H. 0.135, H. with handle 0.15, Diam. of rim 0.20, Diam. of bottom edge 0.26; W. of handle 0.05.
Comments
See Also
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Author
AR