• r8-hob-508-10
    HoB 508: Large Bichrome jar. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Large Bichrome jar

Date
Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P60.602
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Amphora, Oinochoe
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - White Bichrome - Patterned
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian II - East End Nest of Pots
B-Grid Coordinates
E5 - E10 / S100 to *99
Findspot
E5-10 / S95-100 To *99.00 ⁓ East End
Description
White Bichrome. Several joining and nonjoining fragments of rim, neck, and shoulder of Bichrome jar. Thickened and flaring rim; wide and nearly vertical neck. Matt dark and red over white slip. Exterior, red paint covers rim; then a wide band of white slip painted with three lines, a wavy line with a horizontal line above and below, a row of closely arranged pendent concentric hooks of three lines each; and a wavy line with a line above and below; and two more horizontal lines. Transition to shoulder painted red. Partly preserved concentric circle below.
Dimensions
H. 0.177, Diam. of rim 0.28.
Comments
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Author
GGD