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    HoB 732: Black-polished round-mouthed oinochoe. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Black-polished round-mouthed oinochoe

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P62.155
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Oinochoe
Pottery Ware
Black Polished
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - South of Building C
B-Grid Coordinates
W22 - W24 / S89 - S92 *99.6 - 99.4
Findspot
W22-24 / S89-92 *99.60-99.40, gravel surface ⁓ south of Building C
Description

Black-polished oinochoe. Many joining and nonjoining fragments of rim, neck, body, and handle. Finely burnished on exterior and interior down to neck. Wheel-marks on interior body. Plain rim; nearly straight sided neck; spherical body; single vertical strap handle fragment preserved.

Analyzed by M. Kerschner (sample Sard 50), and by Kealhofer and Grave (Kealhofer, Grave, and Marsh 2013: sample AIA 895).

Dimensions
H. 0.117, Th. 0.005.
Comments
See Also
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Author
GGD