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    HoB 730: Gold Dust ware lid with rectangular cutout. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Gold Dust ware lid with rectangular cutout

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P62.216
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Lid
Pottery Ware
Lydian Cooking Ware
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - South of Building C
B-Grid Coordinates
W20 / S90 to *99.5
Findspot
W20 / S90 To ca. *99.50, in earth below stones
Description
Slightly arched lid with vertical loop handle. Straight vertical edge. Rectangular cutout for a spoon. A fine gold-colored wash inside and out. Compare PC 60.
Dimensions
Diam. 0.17, L. of cutout 0.055, H. of handle 0.05, Th. 0.013.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD