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    PC 61: Lydian jug (?) with gold wash. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Lydian jug (?) with gold wash

Date
Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P60.174
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Jug
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PC
Trench
PC
Locus
PC Zone 2
B-Grid Coordinates
*87.7
Findspot
Zone 2 test pit *87.70
Description

Small fragment of shoulder and trace of the turn to neck of jug. At right, a streaky broad band divides two reserved panels. To left of band, a border in stronger dark red color at top, bottom, and side of the panel with concentric circles. At top of panel, a second horizontal line below the top border, with short vertical strokes and a blob between the two lines. Interior ribbed. Exterior surface covered with a micaceous gold wash.

Dimensions
H. 0.058, W. 0.037, Th. 0.003–0.006.
Comments
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Author
NHR