• r8-hob-501-10
    HoB 501: 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.
P12.150
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Amphora, Oinochoe
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - White Bichrome - Patterned
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian II - Other Bothroi
B-Grid Coordinates
W20 - W25 / S110 - S115 to floor *98.5
Findspot
W20-25 / S110-115 To *98.5 floor
Description
Body fragment of Bichrome amphora (?). Black over painted white. Exterior, groups of eight vertical lines over white slipped band, with two horizontal lines below; reserved red band; a series of two contiguous concentric circles, each with a central dot of the compass painted black, over band painted white with two horizontal lines above and below; red band.
Dimensions
L. 0.131, W. 0.186, Th. 0.006–0.009.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD