Bichrome stemmed dish
- Date
- First half of 7th c BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P60.211
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Stemmed Dish
- Pottery Ware
- Lydian Painted - White Bichrome - Patterned
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- PC
- Trench
- PC
- Locus
- PC Zone 1
- B-Grid Coordinates
- *88 - 87.5
- Findspot
- Zone 1 *88.00–87.50
- Description
Fragment of a white Bichrome dish with a central indentation or dip. Exterior has a raised, circular area surrounding the (missing) stem. Black band along the raised area, and then a pattern of standing Vs with crosshatching. Interior: a thick, white band bordered by two black bands. Then groups of radial black lines. Then a white-slipped area with diagonal crosshatching. Both interior and exterior are polished. The indentation and the rest of the fragment is red-slipped on both sides. This is the early style of white Bichrome, according to A. Ramage.
First half of seventh century.
- Dimensions
- L. 0.073, W. 0.04, est. Diam. 0.075–0.08.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR