• r8-pc-43-10
    PC 43: Figural terracotta of a bird. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Figural terracotta of a bird

    Date
    Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P60.110
    Material
    Terracotta
    Object Type
    Figural Terracotta
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    PC
    Trench
    PC
    Locus
    PC Zone 2
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *88.8
    Findspot
    Zone 2 *88.80
    Description

    Slightly concave body fragment of a terracotta bird. A cream slip on the exterior with an oblique crosshatched pattern painted in black. Within most diamonds created by the crosshatching, a painted black dot. Interior a gray color. Made in two pieces: the outer part is partially broken away, so that one can see thumbprints on the inner layer. A second, finer layer was then applied. (Total thickness of wall 0.004 m.) The piece is not round. Perhaps not local.

    Compare HoB 642, a terracotta bird from HoB, where the dots within the crosshatching are red.

    Dimensions
    H. 0.0224, L. 0.0477, Th. 0.005.
    Comments
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    Author
    NHR