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HoB 217: Clay basin. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Clay basin
- Date
- Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P12.052
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Basin
- Pottery Ware
- Lydian Plainware
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W2 - W5 / S99 - S100 *95.2 - 94.2
- Findspot
- W2-5 / S99-100 *95.2-94.2
- Description
- One fragment preserving rim, wall, and part of base of clay basin. Thick vertical walls, and a flat base. Probably would have been oval. Surface has crumbled away in many areas. Unidentified black traces on the interior surface and evidence of burning on the base.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.113, L. 0.236, Th. of walls 0.022, Th. of base 0.0365.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- AR