R8 Cat. HoB 45

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Orangish-red clay with very little mica and small quartz inclusions. Reddish-brown slip on exterior. Exterior smoothed. Fingerprints on interior.

R8 Cat. HoB 46

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Possibly an open vessel, body fragment. Reddish-orange micaceous clay; exterior and interior smoothed; stick polished.

R8 Cat. HoB 47

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Fragment of coarse bowl. Red micaceous clay. Large loop handle, oval in section, with an indented groove at base of handle.

R8 Cat. HoB 48

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Fragment of a vertical band handle with a small spine from a large pithos. Red coarse clay with large quartz inclusions. Creamy slip on exterior. Coarse fabric of an extremely thick-walled pithos. Has a horizontally punctured hole that resembles a lu...

R8 Cat. HoB 49

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Band handle of a cooking pot. Coarse red fabric of a globular vessel; more open than usual. Band handle attaches at rim and shoulder. Carination at the level of the base of the handle. Traces of burning are mainly on exterior.

R8 Cat. HoB 50

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Rim of vessel. Red, coarse micaceous clay with gray core and with large schist inclusions. Everted rim and straight walls. Exterior, signs of burning.

R8 Cat. HoB 51

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Rim of an open, straight-walled vessel with large inclusions. Pinkish-red, coarse clay. Faint ridge on exterior of rim. Exterior smoothed.

R8 Cat. HoB 52

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Thick, squared rim with groove, possibly for a lid. Grayish-buff, coarse clay with large inclusions. Wall of vessel thins considerably away from the rim. Hand made.

R8 Cat. HoB 53

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Rim fragment. Wide ledge rim decorated with two parallel lines painted a blackish-brown with groups of radial lines in between. On the exterior, an irregular wavy line enclosed by a parallel band on either side. Painted concentric circles preserved b...

R8 Cat. HoB 54

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Eleven fragments of a carinated Gray Ware bowl. Shallow bowl, possibly stemmed or on a high foot. Slightly everted rim with rounded lip. Two horizontal lug handles are perforated with large vertical holes. Obvious polishing on exterior.

R8 Cat. HoB 55

Pottery

Ceramic

Late Bronze Age? (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Neck of a large amphora (?) with shoulder marked by a raised band. Reddish-buff micaceous clay. Exterior and interior polished but exterior more heavily. Burning on interior.

Late Bronze Age?

R8 Cat. HoB 56

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Domical lid, perhaps of a pithos. Coarse and dense; red fabric, gray core. Exterior has a recessed groove that follows the circumference of the lid, and a second groove, thus making a shallow ridge between them. Orangey red is painted on the raised r...

R8 Cat. HoB 57

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Large body sherds of a coarse pithos with incised decoration. Reddish-buff fabric with some mica. On the shoulder, large oval shapes made by pressing a finger in the wet clay, and below these, several rows of a herringbone pattern made with a tool he...

R8 Cat. HoB 58

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Two joining shoulder fragments of a large pithos. Incised decoration consists of a band of criss-crossed lines making a diamond pattern, and below that, three rows of diagonal hatching making a herringbone pattern. Above and below these patterns, a d...

R8 Cat. HoB 59

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Ring base and body of a bowl or jug. Buff fabric. Exterior decorated with reddish bands, some streaked, alternating with brownish-black bands. Surface much worn.

R8 Cat. HoB 60

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Shallow, carinated bowl with everted rim. Buff clay. Interior and exterior are painted with thin reddish-orange bands. Exterior polished.

R8 Cat. HoB 61

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Large checkerboard pattern in red consisting of a large square with four smaller red squares within. Additional horizontal and vertical bands as well.

R8 Cat. HoB 62

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Shoulder of pithos with incised lines drawn on a shallow horizontal band on the neck of the pithos. Graffito consists of three lines that converge to a point.

R8 Cat. HoB 63

Pottery

Ceramic

Late Bronze Age (Late Bronze Age)

Body sherd of jug. Orangish-buff micaceous clay. Exterior has dark brown streaky bands. Exterior polished.

Late Bronze Age.

R8 Cat. HoB 64

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Tiny fragment of slightly everted cup rim. Narrow, dark bands on interior. Exterior is light brown. Polished on interior and exterior.

R8 Cat. HoB 65

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Body fragment of a closed vessel; vessel thickens considerably where the handle would have been attached. Buff, micaceous fabric. Brown painted decoration on exterior includes two horizontal bands on which are standing concentric semicircles; also a ...

R8 Cat. HoB 66

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Rim and vertical loop handle of a Buff Ware bowl. Pinkish-brown fabric. Slightly everted rim. Handle is attached to rim with a rough spool shape.

R8 Cat. HoB 67

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Shoulder fragment of a krater. Buff micaceous clay. Brownish-black band with three-quarter concentric circles. Interior plain; polished on exterior.

R8 Cat. HoB 68

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Joining fragments of shoulder and rim of a high-necked Gray Ware closed vessel with silvery wash. A raised band runs along the rim of the vessel and two raised bands mark where the shoulder meets the neck. Interior shows wheel marks. Polished surface...

R8 Cat. HoB 69

Pottery

Ceramic

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

Everted rim and body of a carinated bowl. Surface color is uniformly buff. Slight ridge beneath exterior rim. Polished on interior and exterior.