• r8-hob-197-10
    HoB 197: Lid of a vessel. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Lid of a vessel

Date
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P12.101
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Lid
Pottery Ware
Lydian Plainware
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
B-Grid Coordinates
E1 - E4 / S98 - S100 *95.6 - 95.1
Findspot
E1-4 / S98-100 *95.6-95.1
Description
Handle and top of conical lid. Orangish-buff micaceous fabric with quartz inclusions. Handle is round, concave in the middle, and has a flat upper surface resembling a flaring ring foot.
Dimensions
H. 0.04, Diam. of handle 0.0495, Th. 0.009.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
AR