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    HoB 480: Round-mouthed jug. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Round-mouthed jug

Date
Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P65.189
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Round-Mouthed Jug
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Banded / Waveline
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian II - Bothros East of Building G
B-Grid Coordinates
W29 - W31 / S114 - S115 *98.2 - 97.2
Findspot
W29-31 / S114-115 *98.2-97.2 ⁓ South Side
Description
Many joining fragments of neck, body, and base of round-mouthed jug. Wide and nearly vertical neck; slightly compressed globular belly; short conical foot. Reddish brown painted on burnished clay surface. Exterior, single thick band at the join of neck and shoulder; single thick band covering base and above base. Interior, painted until shoulder.
Dimensions
H. 0.095, Diam. of body 0.115, Diam. of base 0.06, Th. 0.003–0.01.
Comments
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Author
GGD