Late in TR or early in EC. A large fragment, probably from the shoulder. Exterior: scale pattern. Most of the fragment is covered by shiny black glaze, but at the bottom are three registers of scales with portions of six scales preserved. The pattern alternates rows of black scales with wide borders created by two sets of parallel incisions and scales with narrow borders created by a single set of parallel incisions. There are white dots within the wide borders and added red on the scales with narrow borders. Compass points. Interior glazed. Glaze: exterior thick, black, and shiny; interior somewhat streaky. Clay: fine and hard. The clay is fired to different colors on the interior and exterior, giving the impression of two layers of clay: exterior, yellowish in hue, Munsell no. 10 YR 7/4 (very pale brown); interior, pinkish in hue, Munsell no. 5 YR 6/6 (reddish yellow).

Scale patterns with white dots appear as early as LPC (see Cor 34). The style develops in earnest in EC and continues into MC, especially in the works of the Erlenmeyer and the Dodwell Painters.

This is one of the more elaborate scale-pattern pieces yet found at Sardis. In its original state, it must have been quite colorful.