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HoB 439: Bichrome dish. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Bichrome dish
- Date
- Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P12.144
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Dish
- Pottery Ware
- Lydian Painted - Red Bichrome - Banded
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB Lydian II - Building K
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W34 - W35 / S97 floor *98.7 - 98.3
- Findspot
- W34-35 / S97 *98.7-98.3 floor; W32–37 / S95–98 *98.6–98.3; W31–38 / S95–103 *98.3 floor; W35–37 / S99–102 *98.6–98.3 ⁓ Building K
- Description
- Red Bichrome. Six joining and nonjoining fragments of rim and body. Everted and slightly thickened rim; somewhat curved bowl. Matt black, red, and added white. Exterior, painted red from over and below rim, forming a thick band. Interior, below rim: a white band with single black line above and two black lines below; red band; white band with three horizontal black lines above and below; central area painted red.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.045, Diam. of rim 0.26, Th. 0.005–0.006.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- GGD