R8 Cat. HoB 270
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Thin body fragment in fine red micaceous clay. Tan slip; Black on Red decoration. Exterior, crosshatched meander pattern.
R8 Cat. HoB 271
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Two joining pieces provide complete profile of Gray Ware mesomphalic bowl. Shallow nicked rim. Low omphalos comes to a point. Slight circular ring indentation to set off omphalos on interior. Interior, silvery wash.
R8 Cat. HoB 272
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Thin-walled cup with flaring walls; rim slightly everted. Gray micaceous fabric; silvery wash. Throw lines clearly evident on interior.
R8 Cat. HoB 273
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Fragment of a cup with flaring walls that lead to a flat bottom. Gray micaceous clay. Light silvery wash on interior and exterior. Interior and exterior both smoothed.
R8 Cat. HoB 274
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Cup with rounded lip; nearly vertical wall until carination. Dark gray micaceous clay. Interior and exterior have traces of silvery wash and are both polished.
R8 Cat. HoB 275
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Large body fragment of coarse pithos. Reddish-buff clay with some mica. Finger-made groove. Below, three rows of incised diagonal marks alternate in direction, making a herringbone pattern. Below this is a field of crosshatching with large diamonds.
R8 Cat. HoB 276
Architecture
Terracotta
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Some reed impressions are parallel, and others run perpendicular to one another. Reddish-buff, coarse, micaceous lightly baked clay.
R8 Cat. HoB 277
Bone and Ivory, Jewelry and Ornaments
Bone
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Cylindrical-shaped bone toggle that is slightly flattened. Tapers to a somewhat rounded point on either end. Polished.
R8 Cat. HoB 278
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Large fragment of a plate with a band of pendent semicircles at the rim. Standing and pendent concentric semicircles, with a black line between them, form what looks like a wave decoration. A crosshatched rectangle off the center was one arm of a cen...
R8 Cat. HoB 279
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Fragment from a plate that was covered with standing and pendent concentric semicircles, with a broad black line between them, forming an apparent wave decoration. Traces of another row of semicircles or circles closer to the center of the plate. Sim...
R8 Cat. HoB 280
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
A lower body fragment of a krater with black patterns over red slip and bands of white paint on top of the slip. Crosshatched squares between horizontal lines on alternating red and white bands. Interior red slipped.
R8 Cat. HoB 281
Pottery
Ceramic
First half of the 8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Five fragments (three joining) of the rim and body of a cup. Dark brown paint on a pinkish-buff body. Below rim, a band of concentric circles with one line above and three lines below. Then solid dark paint with a trace of a reserved rectangle. Inter...
R8 Cat. HoB 282
Stone Implement
Stone
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Rectangular stone with rounded ends. The top dips down in the middle and is smoothed by wear.
R8 Cat. HoB 283
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Large shallow bowl with reddish pendent semicircles with a dot at center below rim. Clay is buff colored. A pinkish slip over most of it, but reserved on the exterior below the rim. On body, two broad bands in reddish paint. Top of rim and broad band...
R8 Cat. HoB 284
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Wide overhanging ledge rim. Black lines radiating on rim. A checkerboard pattern of crosshatched squares, separated by black lines. Exterior and interior red slipped.
R8 Cat. HoB 285
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Black on Red cup with nicked rim. Brownish-red micaceous clay. Exterior rim has duller black band followed by a narrow line just below rim; body has two wavy bands with three lines below.
R8 Cat. HoB 286
Pottery
Ceramic
Ca. 700-660 BC. (Early Lydian)
Two joining fragments of the wall of a buff-colored cup. Panel with lozenges near top. Then two horizontal lines, with a zigzag below and at least three more horizontal lines. Vertical lines painted at left. Interior: traces of black paint. Bird skyp...
R8 Cat. HoB 287
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Rim and neck of jug fragment with concentric circles crossing a band just below rim. Dark band at junction of neck and shoulder. Gray slip inside neck.
R8 Cat. HoB 288
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
The lower body of a jug (?). Dark brown paint on buff clay. Solid black below and a series of bands, thicker and thinner, above. Interior unglazed. Fragment has been burned and discolored.
R8 Cat. HoB 289
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Several pieces of the shoulder and body of a white Bichrome jar decorated with patterns set radially around the neck: At top, a white band with checkerboard squares. Then, diagonally crosshatched checkerboard and diamond patterns, as well as a trace ...
R8 Cat. HoB 290
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Flat base and outwardly flaring walls. Bottom heavily worn. Base of the handle preserved. Polished on exterior. Clay has gone pinkish on exterior.
R8 Cat. HoB 291
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Rim of shallow bowl. Purple-black band at rim, with rectangles filled with diagonal crosshatching below. Three bands below that. Polished before painting. Interior polished.
R8 Cat. HoB 292
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Small fragment of a cup in buff clay with nicked rim. Rim painted on top and exterior with orange-brown paint. On upper body, below rim, concentric circles. Interior painted the same orange-brown (cf. HoB 281, although this one is finer).
R8 Cat. HoB 293
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Fragment of shoulder preserves a trace of the turn to the neck. Metopal decoration in Black on Red, made up of four vertical lines alternating with wavy lines. Then two horizontal lines with four horizontal wavy lines made with a multiple brush betwe...
R8 Cat. HoB 294
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)
Four body fragments (two joining) of a lightly arched lid, found over a large area. Reddish-gray micaceous fabric. Raised band with impressed triangles alternating between upside-down and right-side-up triangles, evidently made with a rolling stamp. ...