The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis

HoB 215: Gray Ware baby feeder. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Gray Ware baby feeder

Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. HoB 215

Date: Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.: P12.029
Material: Ceramic
Object Type: Pottery
Pottery Shape: Feeder
Pottery Ware: Lydian Grayware
Pottery Attribution
Site: Sardis
Sector: HoB
Trench: HoB
Locus: HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
B-Grid Coordinates: W0 - W5 / S105 - S107 *96 - 95.5
Findspot: W0-5 / S105-107 *96-95.5

Description: Squat, globular body of a feeder. Part of body and all of nipple with hole preserved. Cf. baby feeders from Pactolus Cliff: PC 12, PC 136.
Dimensions: H. 0.0416, L. 0.0621, est. Diam. 0.075, Th. of bottom 0.0055.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author: AR

Related Artifacts