• r8-pc-57-10
    PC 57: Large closed vessel. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Large closed vessel

Date
Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P13.068
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Closed Vessel
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PC
Trench
PC
Locus
PC Zone 2
B-Grid Coordinates
*90.7
Findspot
Zone 2 *90.70 above floor
Description
Fragment of the shoulder of a large closed vessel. Painted overall with a white slip, on which reddish lines are painted to form bold diagonal hatching. A wide red band at top of hatching, at least 0.016 m wide. Clay is reddish. An unusual decoration.
Dimensions
H. 0.075, W. 0.115, Th. 0.017.
Comments
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Author
NHR