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    PC 90: Gray Ware amphora. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Gray Ware amphora

Date
Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P60.156
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Amphora
Pottery Ware
Lydian Grayware
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PC
Trench
PC
Locus
PC Zone 1
B-Grid Coordinates
*89
Findspot
Zone 1, northeast corner against east wall *89 (above mud floor)
Description
Fragment of the neck and beginning of the shoulder of a large Gray Ware amphora. An unusual form in Gray Ware. A silvery wash over the surface where not burned. Burnished on the exterior.
Dimensions
H. 0.095, W. 0.135, Th. 0.007, est. Diam. 0.19.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
NHR