• r8-hob-523-10
    HoB 523: Amphora (?). (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Amphora (?)

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P58.586
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Amphora
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
Rim, neck, body, and handle fragment of amphora (?). Everted and thickened rim; vertical neck; articulated transition at the join between neck and shoulder; vertical strap handle from shoulder to mid-neck. Exterior, fine, painted red. Interior, fine, painted red from rim to mid-neck.
Dimensions
H. 0.1, Diam. of rim 0.12, Th. 0.004–0.006.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD