Lydian imitation of an East Greek lebes
- Date
- Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P60.213
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Lebes
- Pottery Ware
- Lydian Painted
- 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
Rim of a thick-walled lebes. Outwardly thickened ledge rim decorated with alternating Xs and radiating lines in dark brown over burnished clay. Just below the rim are three streaky red lines with black concentric circles painted on top. Below the short neck, the clay thickens, and is painted with streaky horizontal lines below which are two vertical lines alternating with diagonally hatched triangles. Exterior is polished. Streaky black interior. Heavily burned in part.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.095, W. 0.057, Th. 0.017.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Cf. Friis-Johansen 1958, pp. 102f., and Boardman 1967, pp. 106ff. and pls. 19ff.
- Author
- NHR