• r8-hob-375-10
    HoB 375: Black on Red jug. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Black on Red jug

Date
Context: last quarter of 8th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P66.029
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 III - Floor at W0-5/S98-101 *97.6-*97.4
B-Grid Coordinates
W0 - W5 / S98 - S101 *97.6 - 97.4
Findspot
W5-E0 / S98-101 *97.6-97.4
Description
Nearly spherical jug. Buff fabric. Traces of Black on Red decoration on much worn surface. Recessed lines appear on opposite sides of the shoulder but do not join nor do they go around the entire circumference of the vessel. Smooth scar of oval, vertical band handle on shoulder. No rim or foot preserved. Exterior much worn. Interior plain. Part of a cache with HoB 374, HoB 376, and HoB 377.
Dimensions
H. 0.11, Diam. of body 0.14, Th. 0.005.
Comments
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Author
AR