• r8-pc-53-10
    PC 53: East Greek or Island lid. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    East Greek or Island lid

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. PC 53
    Date
    Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P60.077
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Lid
    Pottery Ware
    East Greek
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    PC
    Trench
    PC
    Locus
    PC Zone 2
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *90.15
    Findspot
    Zone 2 *90.15
    Description

    Fragment of a nearly flat lid in a fine cream-colored fabric. Brown painted decoration consists of two groups of six to seven parallel lines encircling the lid. Between these groups, a series of interlacing loops, each resembling an 8. Smoothed on the exterior. Interior unglazed. Compare PC 13.

    Dimensions
    H. 0.049, W. 0.047, Th. 0.005.
    Comments
    See Also
    Bibliography
    Author
    NHR

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