• r8-hob-751-10
    HoB 751: Small olpe. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Small olpe

    Date
    Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
    Museum
    Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 4353
    Museum Inventory No.
    4353
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P63.370
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Olpe
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Painted - Dipped
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    HoB
    Trench
    HoB
    Locus
    HoB Lydian I - Refuse Piles
    B-Grid Coordinates
    W11 - W13 / S103 - S104 *99.5 - 99.2
    Findspot
    W11-13 / S103-104 *99.50-99.20 ⁓ refuse pile
    Description
    Complete olpe. Flaring rim; cylindrical neck; piriform body; plain base; vertical strap handle from rim to upper body. Decoration dark. Exterior, dipped inside and out from rim to upper body. Interior, glazed from rim to lower neck.
    Dimensions
    H. 0.132, H. with handle 0.143, Diam. of rim 0.048, Diam. of base 0.047.
    Comments
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    Author
    GGD