R8 Cat. HoB 20

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Thin-walled bowl with everted rim. Dark gray micaceous clay with large inclusions. Both interior and exterior heavily polished.

R8 Cat. HoB 21

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Slightly outward curving wall of cup. Dark reddish clay that has inclusions; gray on outside; silvery wash on exterior and interior, though much less on interior. Base of handle at carination at the bottom of cup’s side.

R8 Cat. HoB 22

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Coarse, buff fabric that is worn on exterior. Somewhat off-set vertical rim with slightly outward thickened, rounded lip. Stump of a vertical band handle remains at rim and body of vessel. Interior smoothed.

R8 Cat. HoB 23

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Elegant and delicate cup with slightly flaring walls. Lower portion only. Scar from lower join of handle. Silvery wash. Light in color.

R8 Cat. HoB 24

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Two joining fragments of buff cup. Groove under rim on exterior. Scar of handle.

R8 Cat. HoB 25

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Vertical band handle extends down from outwardly thickened rim. Grayish-brown micaceous clay.

R8 Cat. HoB 26

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Spout of large trefoil jug. Light reddish micaceous clay.

R8 Cat. HoB 27

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Trefoil jug rim, neck, and shoulder. Orangish-buff micaceous fabric. Part of the vertical band handle remains attached at the rim. Traces of a micaceous slip on exterior.

R8 Cat. HoB 28

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Vertical rim. Reddish-buff micaceous fabric with large pebble inclusions. Horizontal lug handle with vertical, perforated hole. Exterior is polished and interior is smoothed.

R8 Cat. HoB 29

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Partial body, rim, and handle of shallow bowl. Orangish-buff with some mica. Round, vertical loop handle; two grooves at base, only one of which continues along the handle.

R8 Cat. HoB 30

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Many joining pieces of cooking pot with complete profile. Thinner walls and finer fabric than is usual for a cooking pot. Band handle from rim to belly, with finger depression at join with belly. Row of short diagonal slashes around lower neck. Light...

R8 Cat. HoB 31

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Handmade pot. Coarse reddish fabric with evidence of burning on the exterior. Handle scar at shoulder and at rim. Possibly for industrial use; white incrustation inside.

R8 Cat. HoB 32

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Band handle and partial body of a globular cooking pot. Reddish-buff micaceous coarse clay with gray core. A fine double ridge runs along the neck of the jar. Signs of burning on exterior.

R8 Cat. HoB 33

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Coarse three-legged cooking bowl. Reddish-gray clay with large quartz inclusions and some mica. Preserved leg is crescent-shaped. Foot and bottom of bowl show extensive burning, and some burning also on interior of bowl.

R8 Cat. HoB 34

Weaving Equipment

Terracotta

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Loom weight lightly fired. Fabric is slightly micaceous. Temper: chaff. A hole pierced through, top to bottom. Bottom is slightly concave (missing a piece/eroded?). Uniform texture, more like mudbrick than pottery. Surface is powdery. Loom weight is ...

R8 Cat. HoB 35

Jewelry and Ornaments

Bronze/Copper Alloy

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Small perforated bronze bead with a zigzag design on exterior. Flattened, top and bottom.

R8 Cat. HoB 36

Jewelry and Ornaments

Bronze/Copper Alloy

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Fragment of a bronze bow fibula; part of clasp and bow preserved.

R8 Cat. HoB 37

Metalwork

Iron

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Heavily corroded blade of iron knife.

R8 Cat. HoB 38

Bone and Ivory, Jewelry and Ornaments

Bone

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Bone worked into a cylindrical shape that is narrower in the center than at the edges; a round hole through the middle. The ends are deeply indented. Entire surface smoothed. A crack on one side.

R8 Cat. HoB 39

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Fragment of bowl with slightly inturned rim. Reddish clay. Exterior is gently ridged. Both exterior and interior have a micaceous wash.

R8 Cat. HoB 40

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Fragment of small, thin-walled bowl with a flat base. Micaceous wash on both exterior and interior. Concentric grooves on base suggest it was string or wire cut.

R8 Cat. HoB 41

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Base fragment of a cup with a low carination on wall and a flat base. Reddish-gray micaceous clay. On walls and base of the cup there is light combing/rouletting that runs at a diagonal. Exterior and interior smoothed.

R8 Cat. HoB 42

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Everted, thickened rim, flat on top. Reddish-orange micaceous clay with small inclusions. Stump of a handle that was attached to the rim separately.

R8 Cat. HoB 43

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Rim and upper body fragment of large open vessel. Orangish micaceous fabric. Rim everted and slightly slanting down. Paint not preserved.

R8 Cat. HoB 44

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Vertical handle, oval in section and smoothed into the body. Orangish-buff micaceous clay. Parallel incisions, as if fingernail marks, on the top surface of the handle near the body.