• r8-hob-163-10
    HoB 163: Jug. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Jug

Date
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P13.200
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Jug
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Brown on Buff
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
B-Grid Coordinates
E1 - W6 / S105 - S107 to *96
Findspot
E1-W6 / S105-107 To *96.0
Description
Shoulder and neck fragment of jug. Reddish-buff micaceous fabric. Black on Red decoration. Exterior has standing semicircles, where the artist used a multiple brush but not a compass. Two black lines above and below, and a vertical line at the side. The start of pendent semicircles below.
Dimensions
H. 0.0575, W. 0.065, Th. 0.007–0.005.
Comments
See Also
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Author
AR