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    HoB 470: Ephesianizing lid (?). (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Ephesianizing lid (?)

Date
Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P62.490
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Lid?
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Ephesianizing
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian II - W20-25/S95-100 *98.4 Floor-*97.8
B-Grid Coordinates
W20 / S100 to *97.3
Findspot
W20 / S100 To *97.30 ⁓ southeast corner
Description
Ephesianizing ware. Two joining fragments of body of shallow lid. Dark red matt, and thick glossy white slip. Interior painted red. Exterior, over white slip, a ladder pattern on red coat over white slip; a reserved band bordered by a single dark line above; a ladder pattern on red coat over white slip; a dogtooth pattern with a single line above and below; a ladder pattern on red coat over white slip; and a red band over white slip.
Dimensions
L. 0.064, W. 0.054, Th. 0.005–0.007.
Comments
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Author
GGD