• r8-hob-384-10
    HoB 384: Imported (?) Protogeometric Greek cup with thin metopal lines. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Imported (?) Protogeometric Greek cup with thin metopal lines

Date
Context: last quarter of 8th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P64.364
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Cup
Pottery Ware
Non-Local?
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian III - South Side
B-Grid Coordinates
W25 - W32 / S114.5 - S117 *97.05
Findspot
W25-32 / S114.5-117 *97.05
Description
Wall fragment of cup. Dark paint on gray, not a normal Lydian color. Lower portion dark streaky paint; upper part: vertical lines made by a multiple brush, probably in a metopal design. Interior painted black.
Dimensions
H. 0.055, W. 0.03, Th. 0.007.
Comments
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Author
AR