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    PC 71: Lydian imitation of an East Greek lebes. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Lydian imitation of an East Greek lebes

Date
Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P60.213
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Lebes
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted
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

Rim of a thick-walled lebes. Outwardly thickened ledge rim decorated with alternating Xs and radiating lines in dark brown over burnished clay. Just below the rim are three streaky red lines with black concentric circles painted on top. Below the short neck, the clay thickens, and is painted with streaky horizontal lines below which are two vertical lines alternating with diagonally hatched triangles. Exterior is polished. Streaky black interior. Heavily burned in part.

Dimensions
H. 0.095, W. 0.057, Th. 0.017.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Cf. Friis-Johansen 1958, pp. 102f., and Boardman 1967, pp. 106ff. and pls. 19ff.
Author
NHR