• r8-hob-760-10
    HoB 760: Small oinochoe. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Small oinochoe

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P63.405K
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Oinochoe
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Dipped
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - Refuse Piles
B-Grid Coordinates
W11 - W13 / S103 - S104 *99.5 - 99.2
Findspot
W11-13 / S103-104 *99.50-99.20 ⁓ refuse pile
Description
Three joining fragments of small oinochoe. More than half of the vessel is complete (lower body and base missing). Trefoil mouth; neck with nearly vertical sides; ovoid body; vertical strap handle from rim to shoulder. Weak red, partially burned, glazed. Exterior, dipped in glaze from rim to shoulder with occasional drips from shoulder to lower body. Interior, glazed from rim to neck.
Dimensions
H. 0.101, H. with handle 0.113, Rim 0.059 × 0.058, Th. 0.001–0.003.
Comments
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Author
GGD