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HoB 520: Lekythos. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Lekythos
- Date
- Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
- Museum
- Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 2210
- Museum Inventory No.
- 2210
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P58.584
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Lekythos
- Pottery Ware
- Lydian Painted - Solid
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB Lydian I - Lydian Shop
- B-Grid Coordinates
- floor *96.7
- Findspot
- The Lydian Shop *96.7 floor
- Description
- Many joining fragments of lekythos. Mushroom mouth with an everted rim; cylindrical neck with a ridge where the handle joins the neck (a typical Lydian feature); ovoid plump body; high ring base; vertical strap handle from shoulder to mid-neck. Exterior painted red. Graffito on shoulder (IN58.16; see line drawing).
- Dimensions
- H. 0.237, Diam. of rim 0.042, Diam. of shoulder 0.143, Diam. of base 0.069.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Johnson 1960, p. 7.
- Author
- GGD