• r8-pc-139-10
    PC 139: Bichrome open vessel. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Bichrome open vessel

Date
Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P60.046
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Open vessel
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - White Bichrome - Patterned
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PC
Trench
PC
Locus
PC SVC
B-Grid Coordinates
*90.5 - 89.75
Findspot
North of SVC *90.50–89.75
Description
Upper body fragment of open vessel. Surface slipped in a pinkish-white color, with red Vs and the beginning of inverted Vs below, to make a repeated X pattern. Vertical lines and a diamond pattern to the right. Two broader bands in red with two wavy black lines on at least one of them. Interior red-slipped.
Dimensions
W. 0.05, H. 0.032, Th. 0.006.
Comments
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Author
NHR