• r8-hob-61-10
    HoB 61: Painted pithos or krater. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Painted pithos or krater

Date
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P62.408
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Pithos, Krater
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Patterned
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB LBA/EIA - Deep Sounding B - Below *94.75 Hearth
B-Grid Coordinates
E5 / S95 - S100 to *94.5
Findspot
E5 / S95-100 To *94.50
Description
Large checkerboard pattern in red consisting of a large square with four smaller red squares within. Additional horizontal and vertical bands as well.
Dimensions
H. 0.07, W. 0.088, Th. 0.012.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
AR