• m10-cor-110-10
    Overview of wall fragment. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Fragment of an Early Corinthian Vessel of an Uncertain Shape

Date
Ca. 615-590 BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P64.378
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Uncertain
Pottery Ware
Early Corinthian
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PN
Trench
PN
B-Grid Coordinates
W240 - W241.5 / S350 *87.2 - 86.95
Description
Late in EC. Wall fragment. Goose or siren to right, with a portion of the wing and tail preserved. Two carelessly incised rosettes in the field, one above and one below the tail. The incision is uneven. Glaze: almost entirely vanished. Clay: smooth with faceted breaks. Yellow-buff. Munsell no. 10 YR 8/4 (very pale brown).
Dimensions
P.H. 0.049; P.W. 0.05; Th. 0.005
Comments
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Author
JS