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    HoB 641: Early Corinthian alabastron. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Early Corinthian alabastron

Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. HoB 641
Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P63.573
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Alabastron
Pottery Ware
Corinthian, Early Corinthian
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - Building D and Extension
B-Grid Coordinates
W17 - W20 / S105 *99.3 - 99
Findspot
W17-20 / S105 *99.30-99.0 ⁓ over the second floor of Building D, near the hearth in the southwest corner of the room
Description
Early Corinthian, rounded bottom fragment of alabastron. Black over clay surface. Feline to right (paws preserved), incision on paws; filling ornament (incised rosette) between front and hind paws; bottom, pinwheel rosette with large spots at the ends.
Dimensions
H. 0.015, Diam. of bottom 0.026, Th. 0.003–0.005.
Comments
See Also
See also: M10 Cat. Cor 80.
Bibliography
Sardis M10, Cat. Cor. 80.
Author
GGD

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