• r8-pc-138-10
    PC 138: Globular cooking pot with “gold dust” slip. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Globular cooking pot with “gold dust” slip

Date
Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P60.042
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Cooking Pot
Pottery Ware
Lydian Cooking Ware
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PC
Trench
PC
Locus
PC SVC
B-Grid Coordinates
*89.87 - 89.75
Findspot
West of SVC *89.87–89.75
Description
Wall of a finely potted globular cooking pot and the base of a band handle, squared at bottom of handle. Surface covered with a gold-colored micaceous slip (Gold Dust ware). Red clay. Had been used for cooking, as indicated by blackened lower portion.
Dimensions
H. 0.125, W. 0.13, W. of handle 0.042, est. Diam. 22–23, Th. 0.003–0.006.
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Author
NHR