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    HoB 753: Bichrome oinochoe. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Bichrome oinochoe

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Museum
Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 4423
Museum Inventory No.
4423
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P63.367
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Oinochoe
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Banded / Waveline
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - Refuse Piles
B-Grid Coordinates
W11 - W13 / S103 - S104 to *99.5 - 99.2
Findspot
W11-13 / S103-104 *99.50-99.20 ⁓ refuse pile
Description
Red Bichrome. Intact oinochoe. Trefoil mouth; long neck; ovoid body; ring base; vertical strap handle from rim to shoulder. Matt dark and red to dark streaky glaze. Exterior, rim and neck streaky; a single horizontal dark line at the transition from neck to shoulder; shoulder, a row of matt dark concentric three-quarter circles on a reserved band; broad streaky glazed band on body with two or three dark lines above; single line on lower part of streaky glazed area; lower body reserved; handle streaky.
Dimensions
H. 0.325, H. with handle 0.35, Diam. 0.235, Diam. of base 0.09–0.092.
Comments
See Also
See also: LATW, No. 94.
Bibliography
Author
GGD