• r8-hob-613-10
    HoB 613: Dish. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Dish

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P61.221
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Dish
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Orientalizing
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - Building D and Extension
B-Grid Coordinates
W13 / S101 *99.2
Findspot
W13 / S101 *99.20; W10–15 / S104–107 *98.6 ⁓ Building D
Description
Thirteen joining fragments. Shallow bowl; omega loop handles on opposite sides; a total of six vertical lugs, three on each side between the handles. Rounded bottom (partially missing). Exterior, dark glaze over creamy white slip. A thin band along rim; a chain of pendent triple lotus flowers; three rows of horizontal bands. Interior, dark glaze over creamy white slip. A chain of triple petal lotus flowers followed by two rows of horizontal bands; and another chain of triple petal lotus flowers. Vertical lugs and the projection of the handles dark glazed. Clear signs of burning.
Dimensions
H. 0.025, Diam. of rim 0.21, Th. 0.004–0.005.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Knudsen 1964; Gürtekin-Demir 2014, no. 9.
Author
GGD