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    HoB 781: Cup. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Cup

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P63.439
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Chalice
Pottery Ware
East Greek
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
Three joining fragments of rim and body of cup. Plain rim. Decoration creamy white over dark red (interior) and creamy white (exterior). Exterior, plain creamy white slip over a burnished clay surface. Interior, red band over the lip; reserved narrow band; two horizontal white lines over painted red area.
Dimensions
H. 0.045, Diam. of rim 0.14, Th. 0.002.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD