• r8-hob-255-10
    HoB 255: Local imitation of a Mycenaean or sub-Mycenaean krater. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Local imitation of a Mycenaean or sub-Mycenaean krater

Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. HoB 255
Date
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P60.524
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Krater
Pottery Ware
Mycenaean?
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding A
B-Grid Coordinates
E10 - E15 / S100 - S105 *94.96
Findspot
E10-15 / S100-105 *94.96 floor, sherd cluster
Description
Ledge rim fragment, painted in black glaze. Reserved band below top edge and under rim with band in same glaze below on exterior. Stump of handle with black line painted around its left side. Interior below rim, a thin band painted red. Overall ground color is yellowish.
Dimensions
H. 0.06, Diam. 0.24–0.26, W. of ledge of rim 0.015, Th. 0.005.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Hanfmann, "Sardis 1960," p. 16, fig. 5.
Author
AR

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