• r8-hob-409-10
    HoB 409: Small jug. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Small jug

Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. HoB 409
Date
Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P64.201
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Jug
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Banded / Waveline
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian II - Building H
B-Grid Coordinates
W34 / S119 *98
Findspot
W34 / S119 *98.0 ⁓ space between north and east walls; between Buildings G and H, near H and circuit wall
Description
Small jug intact, except small missing fragments of rim and body. Plain, slightly out-curved rim; ovoid body; flat base; vertical strap handle from shoulder to rim. Red bands on the neck and several below handle zone until lower body. Painted red along the handle zone, on the lower body, and on the handle.
Dimensions
H. 0.145, Diam. of rim 0.06, Diam. of base 0.045.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD

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