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HoB 275: Pithos with incised groove decoration. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Pithos with incised groove decoration
- Date
- Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P12.102
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Pithos
- Pottery Ware
- Lydian Plainware
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB Lydian IV - Deep Sounding A
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W0 - W2 / S88 - S95 *95 - 94.6
- Findspot
- W0-2 / S88-95 *95.0-94.6
- Description
- Large body fragment of coarse pithos. Reddish-buff clay with some mica. Finger-made groove. Below, three rows of incised diagonal marks alternate in direction, making a herringbone pattern. Below this is a field of crosshatching with large diamonds.
- Dimensions
- W. 0.16, L. 0.108, Th. 0.0225.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- AR