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    HoB 2: Early Lydian cup. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Early Lydian cup

Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. HoB 2
Date
Early Iron Age, Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P66.177
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Cup
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Brown on Buff
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB LBA/EIA - Deep Sounding C - Finds Associated with the Donkey at *94.2
B-Grid Coordinates
W0 - W4 / S100 - S101 *94.8 - 94.2
Findspot
W0–4 / S100–101 *94.8–94.2; E1–W1 / S100–101 *95–94
Description
Four joining fragments of cup with complete profile except for the handle. Reddish-buff micaceous clay. Everted rim with groove below; low flaring ring foot. Exterior, dark band at rim with pendent concentric semicircles. Several worn bands on lower body. Interior, plain. Exterior smoothed.
Dimensions
H. 0.125, Diam. of rim 0.16, Diam. of base 0.06, Th. 0.003–0.005.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
AR

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