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    HoB 648: Miniature streaky glazed lekythos. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Miniature streaky glazed lekythos

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P63.626
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Lekythos
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Streaky
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - Building E
B-Grid Coordinates
W20 - W23 / S110 - S113 *99.4 - 99.3
Findspot
W20-23 / S110-113 *99.40-99.30 ⁓ Building E
Description
Neck, shoulder, body, and handle stump of streaky glazed lekythos. Narrow cylindrical neck with a central ridge; sharp-angled shoulder; vertical handle from shoulder to ridge on neck. Brown streaky glazed. Single horizontal band above and below ridge; a row of petals on reserved shoulder; below shoulder, streaky.
Dimensions
H. 0.045, Th. 0.003.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD