• r8-hob-396-10
    HoB 396: Imported Geometric large cup. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Imported Geometric large cup

Date
Context: last quarter of 8th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P12.084
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Cup
Pottery Ware
East Greek Geometric
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian III - Deep Sounding C and Vicinity
B-Grid Coordinates
W1 - W7 / S90 - S95 *97.9 - 97.5
Findspot
W1-7 / S90-95 *97.9-97.5
Description
Fragment of a Geometric cup with nicked rim. Buff fabric. Exterior has black band running along rim, below which is a metopal band with an alternating series of six vertical lines and six vertical wavy lines done with a multiple brush. Below this is a thick, black band. Interior has a large red band running at the top.
Dimensions
H. 0.0585, est. Diam. 0.22, Th. 0.0065.
Comments
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Author
AR