The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis

HoB 219: Large Gray Ware storage vessel. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Large Gray Ware storage vessel

Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. HoB 219

Date: Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.: P12.037
Material: Ceramic
Object Type: Pottery
Pottery Shape: Jar
Pottery Ware: Lydian Grayware
Pottery Attribution
Site: Sardis
Sector: HoB
Trench: HoB
Locus: HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding C
B-Grid Coordinates: E1 - W1 / S107 - S109 *95.2 - 94
Findspot: E1-W1 / S107-109 *95.2-94.0

Description

Fragment of a thick-walled and sharply carinated vessel with a T-shaped rim. Reddish-gray micaceous clay. Polished on outside and smoothed on interior. Silvery exterior.

Analyzed by M. Kerschner (sample Sard 44).

Dimensions

H. 0.145, est. Diam. 0.31, Th. 0.0118.

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