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HoB 407: Bichrome oinochoe. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Bichrome oinochoe
- Date
- Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P68.164
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Oinochoe
- Pottery Ware
- Lydian Painted - Red Bichrome - Banded
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB Lydian II - Building H
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W33 / S124 floor *99
- Findspot
- W33 / S124 *99.0 floor ⁓ north and middle part of Building H
- Description
- Many joining fragments making up half the body of a red Bichrome oinochoe. Neck, rim, and handle missing. Globular body, plain base. Stump of vertical handle on mid-body preserved. Over reserved shoulder, a horizontal band painted red; and seven vertical lines to the right of the handle stump and a row of pendent concentric hooks (made with a seven-brushed tool). The band painted red is framed by two dark matt painted lines above and below. Then a reserved area and another painted red band with a single dark painted line above and below; followed by a reserved band. Traces of painted red band above the base.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.147, Diam. of body 0.193, Diam. of base 0.08, Th. 0.003–0.007.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- GGD