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    HoB 755: Small oinochoe. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Small oinochoe

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P63.372C
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Oinochoe
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
Nine joining fragments of small oinochoe. Nearly complete (only lower handle and small fragments of body missing). Trefoil mouth; neck with nearly vertical sides; ovoid body; plain base; vertical strap handle from rim to shoulder. Matt black glaze. Exterior, dipped in glaze from mouth to shoulder, including the handle; occasional drips from shoulder to below lower body. Interior, glazed from rim to end of neck.
Dimensions
H. 0.102, H. with handle 0.111, Rim 0.054 × 0.059, Diam. of base 0.041, Th. 0.004.
Comments
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Author
GGD