• r8-pc-20-10
    PC 20: Black on Red jar. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Black on Red jar

Date
Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P13.067
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Jar
Pottery Ware
Uncertain
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PC
Trench
PC
Locus
PC Zone 3 Diagonal Cut
B-Grid Coordinates
*88 - 87
Findspot
*88.00–87.00
Description
Fragment of the neck and shoulder of a Black on Red jar; the dark color is purplish. Smooth curve from neck to shoulder. Neck decorated with diagonally crosshatched triangles, with diagonal lines bordering the triangles between horizontal lines. On the shoulder, opposed triangles or chevrons between horizontal lines. Interior unglazed, with pronounced ridge marks from the potting.
Dimensions
H. 0.095, W. 0.075, Th. 0.04.
Comments
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Author
NHR