• r8-pc-49-10
    PC 49: East Greek bird bowl. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    East Greek bird bowl

    Date
    Early 7th c BC?, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P60.101
    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 2
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *89.38
    Findspot
    Zone 2 *89.38
    Description

    Rim, body, and one handle of a large and deep East Greek bird bowl. Nicked inturned rim. Reserved panel has three vertical lines near handle zone that border two nesting diamonds, the center one diagonally crosshatched. The front of the body and one leg of a bird in the central reserved panel, framed by horizontal and vertical lines. A zigzag near bottom of reserved panel, and then three horizontal lines above the solid black lower body. A second fragment preserves the beginning of the second handle and the three vertical lines and part of a diamond. Triangular reserved area beneath the loop handle. Interior black glazed.

    Early seventh century?

    Dimensions
    H. 0.077, est. Diam. 0.014, Th. 0.005.
    Comments
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    Author
    NHR