• r8-pc-29-10
    PC 29: Bichrome jar. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Bichrome jar

Date
8th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P60.207
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Jar
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - White Bichrome - Patterned
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PC
Trench
PC
Locus
PC Zone 3 Diagonal Cut
B-Grid Coordinates
*88.4
Findspot
*88.40
Description

Large belly fragment of a jar with orange-red fabric, slipped red. On body, a wide register with thick white glaze, bordered by two horizontal black bands. This register is slightly raised from the area above and below it. Over the white paint, a design of large black circles with two smaller circle segments facing up and facing down within the large circle, and a gently curved vertical line in the center. Smaller concentric circles with a central dot fill the empty spaces between the large ones. The large circles are too large for the space within the band, and project beyond the upper border line. Smoothed on exterior. Interior unslipped.

Compare HoB 334, which has a similar decoration and must be by the same hand. See discussion in Chapter 1, p. 16. HoB 334 came from a secure eighth-century level, confirming that PC 29 is also of that date.

Dimensions
H. 0.17, W. 0.31, Th. 0.01.
Comments
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Author
NHR