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    HoB 55: Amphora. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Amphora

Date
Late Bronze Age?, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P12.045
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Body Sherd
Pottery Ware
Lydian Plainware
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB LBA/EIA - Deep Sounding B - *94.75 Hearth and Below
B-Grid Coordinates
E5 - E10 / S95 *94.8 - 94.5
Findspot
E5-10 / S95 *94.8-94.5
Description

Neck of a large amphora (?) with shoulder marked by a raised band. Reddish-buff micaceous clay. Exterior and interior polished but exterior more heavily. Burning on interior.

Late Bronze Age?

Dimensions
H. 0.1095, Th. 0.009.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
AR