• r8-hob-139-10
    HoB 139: Imported Greek bowl. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Imported Greek bowl

Date
Late Geometric, Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P66.068
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Bowl
Pottery Ware
Greek Geometric
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
B-Grid Coordinates
E1 - W1 / S104 - S106 *96.6 - 96.2
Findspot
E1-W1 / S104-106 *96.6-96.2
Description

Rim fragment of imported Greek bowl. Fine buff clay, painted brown inside. Exterior: two bands at rim; below these, a row of diamond shapes with a dot in the middle of each, placed side to side vertically. Below these, another band. Paint brownish.

Probably Late Geometric Euboean, according to M. Kerschner (personal communication, Sardis, July 1–2, 2016). Popham, Sackett, and Themelis 1980, pl. 48, nos. 159–63.

Dimensions
H. 0.03, Diam. 0.12, Th. 0.003.
Comments
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Author
AR