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    HoB 500: Skyphos. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Skyphos

Date
Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
Museum
Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 4950
Museum Inventory No.
4950
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P65.167
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Skyphos
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - White Bichrome - Patterned
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian II - Other Bothroi
B-Grid Coordinates
W20 - W25 / S108 - S112 to *98.6
Findspot
W20-25 / S108-112 To *98.6 ⁓ discovered at a higher level (slightly above the bothros group; however, below *98.6 floor) but associated with the occupation around Building G
Description
Skyphos with nicked rim, deep bowl, ring foot, and two horizontal loop handles. Brownish red on clay surface. Exterior, a horizontal wavy line just below rim with a single line above and below; in the handle zone, a row of concentric circles on a reserved band; then three horizontal bands; a horizontal wavy line; three horizontal lines below; lower body and base, and handles, painted. Interior: a wide band covering rim and below rim; wide band near mid-bowl; center of bowl painted.
Dimensions
H. 0.145, Diam. of rim 0.22, Diam. of base 0.092.
Comments
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Author
GGD