• r8-pc-68-10
    PC 68: Bichrome stemmed dish. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Bichrome stemmed dish

Date
First half of 7th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P60.211
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Stemmed Dish
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - White Bichrome - Patterned
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PC
Trench
PC
Locus
PC Zone 1
B-Grid Coordinates
*88 - 87.5
Findspot
Zone 1 *88.00–87.50
Description

Fragment of a white Bichrome dish with a central indentation or dip. Exterior has a raised, circular area surrounding the (missing) stem. Black band along the raised area, and then a pattern of standing Vs with crosshatching. Interior: a thick, white band bordered by two black bands. Then groups of radial black lines. Then a white-slipped area with diagonal crosshatching. Both interior and exterior are polished. The indentation and the rest of the fragment is red-slipped on both sides. This is the early style of white Bichrome, according to A. Ramage.

First half of seventh century.

Dimensions
L. 0.073, W. 0.04, est. Diam. 0.075–0.08.
Comments
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Author
NHR