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    HoB 136: Bowl with cream-colored slip. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Bowl with cream-colored slip

Date
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P12.104
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Bowl
Pottery Ware
Uncertain
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
B-Grid Coordinates
W2 - W5 / S99 *95.2 - 94.5
Findspot
W2-5 / S99 *95.2-94.5
Description
Deep bowl with squared rim. Orangish-red micaceous clay. Whitish, creamy slip on both exterior and interior, although it is much lighter and less well preserved on the interior. Wide, recessed band below the lip of the bowl. A half-spool, triangular in section, is vertically placed within the recessed band.
Dimensions
H. 0.0632, Th. 0.007.
Comments
See Also
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Author
AR