• r8-hob-415-10
    HoB 415: Gray Ware amphora. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Gray Ware amphora

Date
Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P68.173
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Amphora
Pottery Ware
Lydian Grayware
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian II - Building H
B-Grid Coordinates
W31 / S120 floor *98.8
Findspot
W31 / S120 *98.8 floor ⁓ northeast corner of Building H
Description
Gray Ware. Large amphora rim, neck, and shoulder fragment. Everted rim; long and wide neck; gently rounded shoulder; two vertical handle stumps slightly above mid-neck.
Dimensions
H. 0.137, Diam. of rim 0.235, Diam. of neck 0.18, Th. 0.005–0.01.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD