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HoB 293: Shoulder of a Black on Red jug. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Shoulder of a Black on Red jug
- Date
- Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P64.443
- 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 - to *96.10
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W21 - W22.5 / S117.5 - S119 *95.8
- Findspot
- W21-22.5 / S117.5-119 To *95.80
- Description
- Fragment of shoulder preserves a trace of the turn to the neck. Metopal decoration in Black on Red, made up of four vertical lines alternating with wavy lines. Then two horizontal lines with four horizontal wavy lines made with a multiple brush between them. Polished before painting. Interior unglazed.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.057, W. 0.062, Th. 0.003–0.007.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- AR