• r8-hob-263-10
    HoB 263: Gray Ware knob or boss with an impressed X. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Gray Ware knob or boss with an impressed X

Date
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P60.518
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Knob
Pottery Ware
Lydian Grayware
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding A
B-Grid Coordinates
E10 - E15 / S100 - S105 below *95
Findspot
E10-15 / S100-105 Below *95.00
Description
Small Gray Ware knob or boss with impressed X made by a round shaped implement such as a small bone that was pressed in the clay. Had been attached to a pot. Was apparently cut down for reuse as a stopper or game piece. Compare HoB 209 and PC 62 from Pactolus Cliff.
Dimensions
H. 0.015, W. 0.032.
Comments
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Author
AR