• r8-hob-351-10
    HoB 351: East Greek krater. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

East Greek krater

Date
Context: last quarter of 8th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P65.222
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Krater
Pottery Ware
East Greek Geometric
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian III - Central Area
B-Grid Coordinates
W2 - W5 / S97 - S101 *97.4
Findspot
W2-5 / S97-101 *97.4; E5 / S95 *98.0–97.60; E5 / S100 *97.50–97.00; W2–5 / S97–100 *97.4; W0–5 / S101–105 *97.4; W4–6 / S98–101 To *97.4; W0–5 / S101–103 *97.4; W3–6 / S101 *97.8–97.6; W1–5 / S94–100 *97.4–97.2; W3 / S97 *97.2; W1–4 / S93–96 *97.6–97.2; W1.5–5 / S94–96 *97.6
Description

Large krater, imported. Everted rim, with repeated pattern of radiating straight lines made with a nine-tipped multiple brush on the flat top of the rim. Exterior: painted with a wide band below rim, covering short neck. Wide reserved panel (0.07 high) between handles is decorated with groups of small concentric circles in groups of three with vertical wavy lines ending in a hook at the bottom between circles. Handle area is painted black. Wall of body has at least three wide reserved bands, each with three horizontal lines painted in a diluted glaze. Bands of Brown on Buff fabric alternate with reserved bands, and these continue on the foot. The band on the bottom of the foot is particularly thick followed by three thinner lines. A raised ridge runs along the foot within this band. Additionally, the interior had thick bands that are spaced further apart than those on the exterior. Exterior is polished.

Analyzed by M. Kerschner (sample Sard 48), and by Kealhofer and Grave (Kealhofer, Grave, and Marsh 2013: sample AIA 3771).

Dimensions
H. of wall from rim 0.072, W. of handle 0.04, W. of foot 0.065, Diam. of foot 0.18.
Comments
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Author
AR