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    PC 15: Black on Red decorated jar (?). (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Black on Red decorated jar (?)

Date
Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P60.068
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Jar
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Black on Red - Patterned
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PC
Trench
PC
Locus
PC Zone 3
B-Grid Coordinates
*89.5
Findspot
Zone 3 *89.50
Description

Wall fragment of shoulder, from the beginning of the neck to the belly. Rounded body. Black on Red pendent concentric semicircles, partially overlapping, near neck. Then three bands with crosshatched squares, each row separated by black lines. Below, another black band and pendent concentric semicircles. Red-slipped overall on exterior. Black glaze is thin or worn. Interior unslipped.

Dimensions
H. 0.16, W. 0.115, Th. 0.006.
Comments
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Author
NHR