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    HoB 141: Mycenaean (?) cup rim and loop handle. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Mycenaean (?) cup rim and loop handle

Date
Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P66.137
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Cup
Pottery Ware
Mycenaean?, East Greek? Protogeometric
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
B-Grid Coordinates
W2 - W4 / S107 - S109 *95 - 94.8
Findspot
W2-4 / S107-109 *95.0-94.8
Description

Complete loop handle tilts upward toward rim. Black/brown band at rim, on handle, and two horizontal bands below handle. Interior, band at rim; bands in a lighter wash below.

Mycenaean or imported Protogeometric. M. Kerschner: “Sub-Protogeometric”; analyzed by him (sample Sard 41).

Dimensions
H. 0.055, Diam. 0.15, Th. 0.004.
Comments
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Author
AR