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    HoB 479: Black on Red stemmed dish. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Black on Red stemmed dish

Date
Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P65.179
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Stemmed Dish
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Black on Red - Patterned
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian II - Bothros East of Building G
B-Grid Coordinates
W29 - W31 / S114 - S115 *98.2 - 97.2
Findspot
W29-31 / S114-115 *98.2-97.2 ⁓ South Side
Description
Rim, body, and horizontal spool-shaped attachment of Black on Red stemmed dish. Plain and slightly everted rim. Matt dark painted over red slip inside and outside. Exterior, below rim, a band with a single line above and below, with centrally dotted squares divided by five short vertical lines; horizontal lines with a thicker line above (which is also the lower border of the band above) and below; more horizontal lines with a thicker line above and below; a horizontal band, with a single line above and below, with centrally dotted squares divided by seven short vertical lines. Interior, a single horizontal line over the rim; three horizontal lines below rim. The mid-line starts with short wavy lines and ends with a plain line.
Dimensions
H. 0.056, Diam. of rim 0.32, Th. 0.007–0.01, lug attachment 0.03 × 0.007.
Comments
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Author
GGD