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PC 93: Skyphos, part of a canine ritual cache. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Skyphos, part of a canine ritual cache
- Date
- Probably before mid-6th c BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P60.085
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Skyphos
- Pottery Ware
- Lydian Painted - Streaky
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- PC
- Trench
- PC
- Locus
- PC Zone 1
- B-Grid Coordinates
- *89.8
- Findspot
- Zone 1 *89.80, near Wall 9
- Description
Rim and handle of a skyphos with a slightly inturned rim and tapering lip. Orange-buff fabric with red slip on interior and spilling over the rim on the exterior. A lighter, more streaky slip continues on the exterior beneath the horizontal loop handle. A reserved band at handle height. Polished on exterior and interior (?).
Lydian I, probably before mid-sixth century BC
- Dimensions
- H. 0.035, Diam. 0.07, Th. 0.003.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR