• r8-hob-617-10
    HoB 617: Small streaky glazed skyphos. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Small streaky glazed skyphos

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P65.028
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Skyphos
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Streaky
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - Building D and Extension
B-Grid Coordinates
W12 / S103 *98.9
Findspot
W12 / S103 *98.90 ⁓ near third floor of Building D
Description
Rim, bowl, base, and handle (single handle preserved) of streaky glazed skyphos. Slightly inverted plain rim; slightly hemispherical bowl; low conical foot; horizontal loop handle below rim. Red to black (with a metallic sheen on the interior). Exterior: band along rim; handle zone reserved and not painted (including the handle); below handle, streaky overall down to the end of foot. Interior, streaky overall.
Dimensions
H. 0.08, Diam. of rim 0.115, Diam. of foot 0.05, Th. 0.003–0.009.
Comments
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Author
GGD