• r8-hob-68-10
    HoB 68: Gray Ware closed vessel. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Gray Ware closed vessel

Date
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P62.458
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Round-Mouthed Jug
Pottery Ware
Lydian Grayware
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB LBA/EIA - Deep Sounding B - Below *94.75 Hearth
B-Grid Coordinates
E0 - E3 / S95 - S97 *94.25 - 94
Findspot
E0-3 / S95-97 *94.25-94
Description
Joining fragments of shoulder and rim of a high-necked Gray Ware closed vessel with silvery wash. A raised band runs along the rim of the vessel and two raised bands mark where the shoulder meets the neck. Interior shows wheel marks. Polished surface with a body reduced to a uniform gray throughout.
Dimensions
H. 0.17, Diam. 0.22, Th. 0.005–0.009.
Comments
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Author
AR