• r8-pc-11-10
    PC 11: Imported bird kotyle. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Imported bird kotyle

    Date
    Ca. 720–700 BC, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P60.172
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Bird Bowl
    Pottery Ware
    East Greek - Bird Bowl
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    PC
    Trench
    PC
    Locus
    PC Zone 4
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *87.75
    Findspot
    Zone 4, test pit *87.75
    Description

    Nicked rim of deep-sided kotyle with dark brown on a buff fabric. Concave walls with slightly inturned, offset tapering rim. Two dark bands at and just below the rim. On the body, a diamond with a second smaller diamond with diagonal crosshatching inside. Two vertical bands separate this motif from a large bird whose body is filled with oblique crosshatching. Above and below the tail of the bird are smaller diamonds with oblique crosshatching. Both exterior and interior are polished. Interior is slipped red.

    Ca. 720–700 BC

    Dimensions
    H. 0.047, Diam. 0.26, Th. 0.005.
    Comments
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    Author
    NHR