• r8-pc-87-10
    PC 87: East Greek bird bowl. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    East Greek bird bowl

    Report 8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021) Cat. PC 87
    Date
    Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P60.199
    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 1
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *88.75 - 88
    Findspot
    Zone 1 *88.75–88.00
    Description
    Fine buff fabric sherds of an East Greek bird bowl. The upper body has three horizontal lines with a diamond and three vertical lines preserved. Two feet of a bird rest on the top line. Black rays rise from the base. Interior is slipped black. Interior and exterior are both polished.
    Dimensions
    Frag. 1: W. 0.063, L. 0.043, Th. 0.005; Frag. 2: W. 0.038, L. 0.055.
    Comments
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    Author
    NHR

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