• r8-pc-62-10
    PC 62: Cooking pot with impressed boss. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Cooking pot with impressed boss

    Date
    Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P13.035
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Cooking Pot
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Cooking Ware
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    PC
    Trench
    PC
    Locus
    PC Zone 2
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *88.5
    Findspot
    Zone 2 test pit *88.50
    Description

    Fragment of a large round cooking pot with a boss. The boss was impressed in two directions, making an X across the top surface. Made by a round-shaped implement such as a small bone that was pressed in the clay. The broken fragment was apparently cut down for reuse, perhaps as a game piece. Clear evidence of burning. Compare HoB 209 and HoB 263.

    Dimensions
    H. 0.070, W. 0078, Th. 0.008.
    Comments
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    Author
    NHR