• r8-hob-559-10
    HoB 559: Bichrome krater. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Bichrome krater

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P59.395
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Krater
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - White Bichrome - Patterned
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian II - Test Pits into Lydian II Levels East of Lydian Room
B-Grid Coordinates
E10 / S60 *95.33 - 94.23
Findspot
E3-5 / S55.5-57 *95.33-94.23, test pit
Description
Rim and body fragment of a large Bichrome krater. Everted rim. To left and right of vertical lug, white slip and heavy black line bordering the panel. A second vertical line divides the left hand panel. Reddish clay, unglazed.
Dimensions
H. 0.05, W. 0.010, Th. 0.09, W. of ledge rim 0.024.
Comments
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Author
GGD