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PC 24: Black on Red jar. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Black on Red jar
- Date
- 9th c BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P13.072
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Closed Vessel
- Pottery Ware
- Lydian Painted - Black on Red - Patterned
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- PC
- Trench
- PC
- Locus
- PC Zone 3 Diagonal Cut
- B-Grid Coordinates
- *88 - 87.5
- Findspot
- *88.00–87.50
- Description
Black on Red fragment with two diagonally hatched upside-down V-shaped designs that rest on a horizontal line. A second horizontal line, and then opposed triangles painted solid black. Unglazed on interior.
A geometric piece from Lydian IV (ninth century).
- Dimensions
- H. 0.064, W. 0.064, Th. 0.004.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR