• r8-hob-541-10
    HoB 541: Lydion. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Lydion

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P58.572
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Lydion
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Solid
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - Lydian Shop
B-Grid Coordinates
floor *96.7
Findspot
The Lydian Shop *96.7 floor
Description
Nearly intact lydion; small fragments missing from rim and base. Everted rim; slightly flaring neck; slightly compressed globular body; conical foot. Horizontally fluted body. Exterior, plain red to black paint. Interior, traces of paint over rim.
Dimensions
H. 0.082, Diam. of rim 0.062, Diam. of belly 0.067, Diam. of base 0.031.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Ramage 2008, p. 84, fig. 6.
Author
GGD