• r8-hob-457-10
    HoB 457: Closed vessel (oinochoe?). (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Closed vessel (oinochoe?)

Date
Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P68.161
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Closed Vessel
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - White Bichrome - Patterned
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian II - Building L
B-Grid Coordinates
W36 - W41 / S93 - S97 floor *97.4
Findspot
W36-41 / S93-97 *97.4 floor
Description
Body sherd. Exterior, matt black and diluted brown over fine thick white slip (slip polished). From left to right, two crosshatched vertical bands, checkerboard pattern, matt black, each square alternately filled in with diluted brown and a matt black dot.
Dimensions
L. 0.031, W. 0.046, Th. 0.006–0.008.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD