• r8-hob-498-10
    HoB 498: Black on Red dish. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Black on Red dish

Date
Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P12.162
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Dish
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Black on Red - Patterned
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian II - Other Bothroi
B-Grid Coordinates
W27 - W30 / S110 - S115 to *98.2
Findspot
W27-30 / S110-115 To *98.2 ⁓ bothros, east of Building G at a higher level
Description
Four joining fragments of rim and body of Black on Red dish. Plain rounded rim. Matt black over burnished clay surface. Exterior, three horizontal lines. Interior, broad band with a line above and below: groups of six vertical wavy lines which continue above the upper border of the band to and over rim; two horizontal lines.
Dimensions
H. 0.07, Th. 0.006–0.01.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD