• r8-pc-101-10
    PC 101: Corinthian alabastron. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Corinthian alabastron

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. PC 101
    Date
    Ca. 595-570 BC?, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P13.044
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Alabastron
    Pottery Ware
    Corinthian
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    PC
    Trench
    PC
    Locus
    PC Zone 1
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *90.3 - 90
    Findspot
    Zone 1 *90.30–90.00
    Description

    A small fragment of an alabastron with a bird’s head; paint entirely worn away leaving only incision. Fine white clay.

    The bird’s head is facing downwards; other incisions are unreadable in their fragmentary state. Middle Corinthian?

    Not in Sardis M10.

    Dimensions
    H. 0.0358, Th. 0.004.
    Comments
    See Also
    Bibliography
    Author
    NHR

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