R8 Cat. HoB 195
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Rim, handle, and part of body of a large Gray Ware krater. Two strap handles (one joining); each has a central ridge, and a semicircular thumb rest at the top. Neck is vertical. Rim has a recessed ledge to accommodate a lid. Rim flares outward. Exter...
R8 Cat. HoB 196
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Domical lid with ledge rim and rounded, concave knob on top. Brownish-buff coarse clay with some mica. Two holes pierced on either side of knob, and areas worn on exterior of knob from a string. Wear shows also on interior of lid. Traces of reddish-b...
R8 Cat. HoB 197
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Handle and top of conical lid. Orangish-buff micaceous fabric with quartz inclusions. Handle is round, concave in the middle, and has a flat upper surface resembling a flaring ring foot.
R8 Cat. HoB 198
Pottery
Ceramic
9th c BC or earlier (Early Lydian)
Band handle and everted rim of jug; slight ridge at join of neck to shoulder. Large white quartz (?) inclusions.
Ninth century or earlier.
R8 Cat. HoB 199
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Vertical handle fragment with part of rim of Gray Ware jug. Gray micaceous clay. Handle made of two round rolls of clay joined together. Two bosses are at the outermost edge of each side of the handle where it meets the jug rim.
R8 Cat. HoB 200
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Vertical strap handle with pronounced central rib of Gray Ware jug. Gray micaceous clay. Very small part of the rim where the handle attaches is preserved. Handle smoothed.
R8 Cat. HoB 201
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Vertical neck with ledge rim of Gray Ware storage jar. Dark gray micaceous clay. On the underside of the ledge rim is a narrow, raised band. Four raised ridges encircle the neck. Small repair hole above raised bands. Exterior and interior are smoothe...
R8 Cat. HoB 202
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Ledge rim of a large storage jar. Buff orange micaceous clay. Incised into the wet clay was an irregular-shaped sign or decoration made with a pointed tool. Traces of burning on interior and exterior.
R8 Cat. HoB 203
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Fragment of Gray Ware storage jar. Incised decoration of two wavy lines between double horizontal bands. Silvery wash over exterior surface.
R8 Cat. HoB 204
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Shoulder fragment of Gray Ware storage jar. Two pairs of incised wavy lines between horizontal bands.
R8 Cat. HoB 205
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Heavy ware, thick-walled. Base flares out. Polished inside. Silvery wash on exterior and interior.
R8 Cat. HoB 206
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Neck and shoulder of globular vessel. Brownish-buff micaceous clay with gray core. Neck made separately from the rest of the vessel. Three grooved channels mark transition from neck to shoulder.
R8 Cat. HoB 207
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Attachment scar at one end. Silvery wash.
R8 Cat. HoB 208
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Small Gray Ware vessel with slightly everted rim and rounded lip. Small lug handle with vertical perforated hole. Polished on exterior.
R8 Cat. HoB 209
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Flat-ended projecting lug, cylindrical in section and impressed with two diagonal lines forming an X. Made by a round shaped implement such as a small bone that was pressed in the clay. Was apparently cut down for reuse, perhaps as a game piece. Dark...
R8 Cat. HoB 210
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Oval, vertical handle fragment with the base splayed into three parts with the central one pronounced. Dark gray micaceous fabric. Polished.
R8 Cat. HoB 211
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Lug foot was scraped and tooled while wet; almost pointed. Orangish-buff micaceous clay. Exterior and interior appear smoothed.
R8 Cat. HoB 212
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Fragment from an unknown part of a painted vessel; buff micaceous clay. Red compass-drawn pendent semicircles below a band. The remains of a sizable hole indicates that this was reused as a disk with a hole, possibly a loom weight. Compare PC 50.
R8 Cat. HoB 213
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Buff Ware strainer. Red fabric with some mica. Many holes, all pierced from the same side, are not pierced in any discernable pattern and in one case, two holes overlap. Interior smoothed.
R8 Cat. HoB 214
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Part of body of cylindrical ceramic object, possibly a pot stand. Hard-fired micaceous monochrome clay. Fragment has a shallow groove running the circumference of its interior surface; looks almost as if done with a finger, except that it has many na...
R8 Cat. HoB 215
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Squat, globular body of a feeder. Part of body and all of nipple with hole preserved. Cf. baby feeders from Pactolus Cliff: PC 12, PC 136.
R8 Cat. HoB 216
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Many fragments of a complete plain red gritty pithos. Flat thickened rim. Disk foot. Smoothed surface inside and outside. The mending holes indicate that it could not have held liquid in its final state. Found with its own neck inside the body, along...
R8 Cat. HoB 217
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
One fragment preserving rim, wall, and part of base of clay basin. Thick vertical walls, and a flat base. Probably would have been oval. Surface has crumbled away in many areas. Unidentified black traces on the interior surface and evidence of burnin...
R8 Cat. HoB 218
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Rim and upper body of a globular cooking pot with everted rim. Coarse, gray micaceous fabric. Two rows of short diagonal dashes stamped along neck. Exterior and interior burned.
R8 Cat. HoB 219
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Fragment of a thick-walled and sharply carinated vessel with a T-shaped rim. Reddish-gray micaceous clay. Polished on outside and smoothed on interior. Silvery exterior.
Analyzed by M. Kerschner (sample Sard 44).