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HoB 48: Handle of a large pithos. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Handle of a large pithos
- Date
- Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P12.061
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Pithos
- Pottery Ware
- Lydian Plainware
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB LBA/EIA - Deep Sounding C
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E4 - W4 / S101.5 - S103 *94 - 93.7
- Findspot
- E4-W4 / S101.5-103 *94.0-93.7
- Description
- Fragment of a vertical band handle with a small spine from a large pithos. Red coarse clay with large quartz inclusions. Creamy slip on exterior. Coarse fabric of an extremely thick-walled pithos. Has a horizontally punctured hole that resembles a lug handle. Hole appears to have been pierced at either side, meeting in the middle. Vessel shows signs of burning on the interior.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.01455, W. of handle 0.051, Th. 0.025.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- AR