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HoB 485: Amphora. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Amphora
- Date
- Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P65.188
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Amphora
- 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
- Nine joining fragments of rim, neck, and handle of amphora. Out-curving rim; wide neck; vertical strap handled from neck to shoulder (?). Two handle stumps preserved. Traces of red paint over the rim and handle, the rest worn off. Exterior, over the rim, groups of red short vertical lines with a single red line above and below over creamy white slip; red band encircling one handle; wavy red band on the handle zone, almost entirely worn off.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.12, Diam. of rim 0.229–0.244, Th. of neck 0.007–0.009.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- GGD