• r8-hob-582-10
    HoB 582: Ionian cup. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Ionian cup

    Date
    Late 7th to early 6th c BC, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P62.093
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Ionian Cup
    Pottery Ware
    East Greek - Black Glaze
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    HoB
    Trench
    HoB
    Locus
    HoB Lydian I - Building A
    B-Grid Coordinates
    E0 / S105 to *98.8
    Findspot
    E0 / S105 To *98.80, below the second floor level *99.15 ⁓ west face of Building A
    Description

    Ionian. Rim and body fragment of cup. Everted rim. Black glaze and added red color. Exterior, rim and below rim plain black glazed; two horizontal red lines over glaze below rim. Interior, over the rim, reserved band, single horizontal red line over plain black glazed; below rim, plain black glazed.

    Late seventh to mid-sixth century, according to M. Kerschner; early sixth century, according to N. Aytaçlar (personal communication, Sardis, July 1–2, 2016).

    Dimensions
    H. 0.03, Th. 0.003–0.004.
    Comments
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    Author
    GGD