• r8-pc-94-10
    PC 94: Complete olpe, part of a canine ritual cache. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Complete olpe, part of a canine ritual cache

Date
Probably before mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Museum
Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 7463
Museum Inventory No.
7463
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P60.083
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Olpe
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Dipped
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PC
Trench
PC
Locus
PC Zone 1
B-Grid Coordinates
*89.8
Findspot
PC Zone 1 *89.80, near Wall 9
Description

Jug has a vertical band handle. Dipped or painted, and burnished on upper body. Lower body a smooth buff. Painted band inside rim.

Lydian I, probably before mid-sixth century BC

Dimensions
Diam. of rim 0.04, Diam. of base 0.04, W. of band handle 0.02.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
NHR