• r8-hob-397-10
    HoB 397: Black on Red krater. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Black on Red krater

Date
Context: last quarter of 8th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P12.096
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Krater
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Black on Red - Patterned
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian III - Deep Sounding C and Vicinity
B-Grid Coordinates
W0 - W6 / S90 - S93 *96.7 - 96.3
Findspot
W0-6 / S90-93 *96.7-96.3
Description
Fragment of a krater with Black on Red checkerboard alternating with black and reserved squares. Reddish-buff micaceous clay. Ledge rim is polished. Cf. HoB 393, cup with similar pattern.
Dimensions
H. 0.0325, Th. 0.007.
Comments
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Author
AR