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HoB 484: Bichrome amphora. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Bichrome amphora
- Date
- Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P65.187
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Amphora
- Pottery Ware
- Lydian Painted - Red Bichrome - Banded
- 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
- Red Bichrome. Three joining fragments of rim, neck, handle, and upper shoulder of amphora. Single handle stump preserved. Out-curved rim; wide neck; vertical strap handle from neck to shoulder (?). Black and red over matt white slip. Exterior: over rim, groups of white short vertical lines over band painted red; red band on and below rim; handle zone, single black wavy line with two horizontal lines above and below over white slip; in center of neck on one side, a lozenge with criss-cross; single thick red band at the join of neck and shoulder; plain white slipped; handle plain white paint.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.121, Diam. of rim 0.23, Th. of shoulder 0.005–0.007.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- GGD