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    HoB 300: Gray Ware mesomphalic bowl. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Gray Ware mesomphalic bowl

Date
Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC, Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P12.011
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Omphalos Phiale
Pottery Ware
Lydian Grayware
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Deep Sounding C
B-Grid Coordinates
W7 / S108 *96.6
Findspot
W7 / S108 *96.6
Description
Gray Ware mesomphalic bowl with nearly complete profile preserved. Slightly everted rim. Omphalos comes nearly to a point. Polished on exterior and interior. Interior has a silvery wash.
Dimensions
H. 0.045, Diam. 0.17, Th. of rim 0.003, Th. of bottom 0.005.
Comments
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Author
AR