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    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
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD