• r8-hob-158-10
    HoB 158: Geometric krater or bowl. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Geometric krater or bowl

Date
Late Geometric, Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P66.082
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Krater, Bowl
Pottery Ware
Greek Geometric
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
B-Grid Coordinates
W0 - W6 / S103 - S106 ca *95.8 - 95.5
Findspot
W0-6 / S103-106 *95.8-95.5
Description
Rim fragment. Buff micaceous clay. Exterior, dark brown band along rim and one further below, between which are groups of vertical wavy lines originating alternately from the rim or band below. Multiple brush used here. Interior, dark brown band at rim. Exterior smoothed. Similar decoration to HoB 157, but the profiles are slightly different.
Dimensions
H. 0.0725, W. 0.07, Th. 0.005.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Cf. Özgünel 1979, pl. 23c.
Author
AR