• r8-hob-673-10
    HoB 673: Bichrome oinochoe. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Bichrome oinochoe

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P64.027a
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Oinochoe
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Red Bichrome - Banded
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - Building F W5-10/S114-116 *99.6-98.9 Floor
B-Grid Coordinates
W5 - W10 / S114 - S116 floor *99.6 - 98.9
Findspot
W5-10 / S114-116 *99.60-98.90 floor ⁓ Building F
Description
Red Bichrome. Twelve joining fragments of shoulder of oinochoe. Matt black, red, and added white over clay surface. A row of concentric hooks over a reserved band (on upper shoulder); single horizontal black line; red band framed with a black horizontal line above and below; white band with horizontal black line above and below; wide red band framed with horizontal black line above and below; white painted area.
Dimensions
H. 0.124, Th. 0.004–0.007.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD