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Overview of wall fragment. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Middle Corinthian Alabastron Fragment
Monograph 10: The Corinthian, Attic, and Lakonian Pottery from Sardis
(1997)
Cat. Cor 119
- Date
- Ca. 595-570 BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P63.510
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Alabastron
- Pottery Ware
- Middle Corinthian
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W10 - W12 / S103 - S106 *99.20 - 98.80
- Description
Probably early in MC. Wall fragment from a large alabastron. Large bird to right, preserved from the chest to the upper leg. The lower portion of the wing and part of the tail also remain. The incision is fairly well controlled and fine. There is an incised rosette in the field near the leg. Glaze: entirely vanished. Clay: hard and fine with some air holes. Munsell no. 5 Y 6/3 (pale olive).
Large alabastra of this type are common in MC.
- Dimensions
- P.H. 0.062; P.W. 0.063; Th. 0.003
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- JS