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    HoB 256: Black on Red jug. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Black on Red jug

Date
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P60.505
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Jug
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Black on Red - Patterned
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding A
B-Grid Coordinates
E10 - E15 / S100 - S105 in *95.41
Findspot
E10-15 / S100-105 In *95.41 floor
Description
Fragment of shoulder and neck of a Black on Red round-mouthed jug with stump of handle. Neck has concentric circles or semicircles. At handle base height, two horizontal black lines, a wavy line, and another horizontal line. Polished inside.
Dimensions
H. 0.09, W. 0.083, Th. 0.003.
Comments
See Also
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Author
AR