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    PC 36: Pithos with graffito. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Pithos with graffito

Date
Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P60.153
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Pithos
Pottery Ware
Lydian Plainware
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PC
Trench
PC
Locus
PC Zone 2
B-Grid Coordinates
*88.4 - 88
Findspot
Zone 2 *88.40–88.00
Description
Fragment of a pithos just below the neck. A deeply grooved graffito made with a round-tipped object appears to represent an arrow sign. A shallow groove above the sign.
Dimensions
H. 0.056, W. 0.125, Th. 0.015.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Hanfmann, “Sardis 1960,” p. 24, fig. 11.
Author
NHR