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    HoB 711: Cooking ware amphora neck. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Cooking ware amphora neck

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P14.047
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Amphora, Hydria
Pottery Ware
Lydian Cooking Ware
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - Pot Hoard A at *99.05
B-Grid Coordinates
W21 / S99 *99.05
Findspot
W21 / S99 *99.05 ⁓ south of Building C (“Hoard A”)
Description

Four fragments of rim, neck, shoulder, and handle of amphora in cooking ware. It is rare to have a pot of this shape in this fabric. Everted and thickened rim; nearly vertical neck; articulated sharp transition at the join between neck and shoulder; vertical strap handles (handle stumps preserved). Neatly trimmed at junction with shoulder. Apparently reused as a pot stand. See also HoB 524HoB 533, HoB 702HoB 707, and HoB 765.

Dimensions
H. 0.104, Diam. of rim 0.24, Th. of shoulder 0.013.
Comments
See Also
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Author
GGD