• r8-hob-456-10
    HoB 456: Lebes (?). (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Lebes (?)

Date
Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P68.141
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Lebes?
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - White Bichrome - Patterned
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian II - Building L
B-Grid Coordinates
W37 - W40 / S93 - S95 *98.2 - 97.6
Findspot
W37-40 / S93-95 *98.2-97.6 ⁓ within Building L but not specifically from floor
Description
Body fragment. Exterior, matt dark brown and added red on fine thick white slip, two horizontal decorated broad bands, each bordered by a row of red dots within a thin band above and below; in each broad band a single square divided into four sets of nesting triangles; a reserved band in between these two decorated bands. Interior, painted red.
Dimensions
L. 0.082, W. 0.057, Th. 0.009.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD