• r8-hob-340-10
    HoB 340: Gray Ware lid. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Gray Ware lid

Date
Context: last quarter of 8th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P66.035
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Lid
Pottery Ware
Lydian Grayware
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian III - Central Area
B-Grid Coordinates
W9 - W14 / S93 - S95 *97.7 - 97.5
Findspot
W9-14 / S93-95 *97.7-97.5
Description
Small, circular lid with band handle. Gritty, micaceous fabric. A spoon or ladle slot cut from the edge of the lid on axis with the handle. Wet-smoothed on upper surface; underside roughly scraped.
Dimensions
H. with handle 0.045, Diam. 0.105, Th. 0.006; cutout 0.03 × 0.04 × 0.01.
Comments
See Also
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Author
AR