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HoB 3: Protogeometric cup. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Protogeometric cup
- Date
- Probably 9th c BC, Early Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P13.173
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Cup
- Pottery Ware
- Greek Protogeometric
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB LBA/EIA - Deep Sounding C - Finds Associated with the Donkey at *94.2
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E0 - E2 / S105.5 to *94.8
- Findspot
- E0–2 / S105.5 To *94.8
- Description
Rim fragment of cup. Buff micaceous clay. Exterior, dark brown band on upper part of cup with pendent concentric semicircles below band. Interior, dark brown band on rim.
M. Kerschner confirms that it is imported, probably ninth century (personal communication, Sardis, July 1–2, 2016).
This type of cup starts in the tenth century and goes into the ninth.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.060, Diam. 0.11, Th. 0.005.
- Comments
M. Kerschner confirms that it is imported, probably ninth century (personal communication, Sardis, July 1–2, 2016).
This type of cup starts in the tenth century and goes into the ninth.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- AR