• r8-hob-443-10
    HoB 443: Black on Red krater. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Black on Red krater

Date
Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P12.157
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 II - Building K
B-Grid Coordinates
W31 - W38 / S95 - S103 floor *98.3
Findspot
W31-38 / S95-103 *98.3 floor
Description
Black on Red. Four joining fragments of rim and body. Everted triangular rim with groups of short radial lines; deep bowl. Matt black over red clay surface. Exterior, two thick horizontal lines with a thick wavy line between them; groups of six vertical wavy lines with three horizontal lines below.
Dimensions
H. ca. 0.10, Diam. of rim 0.028, Th. 0.006–0.008.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD