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    HoB 437: Bird bowl. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Bird bowl

Date
Ca. 675-650 BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P68.114
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Bird Bowl
Pottery Ware
East Greek - Bird Bowl
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian II - Building G
B-Grid Coordinates
W31 - W34 / S119 to *98.6
Findspot
W31-34 / S119 To *98.6 ⁓ space between north and east walls of Building G; between Buildings G and H
Description

Rim, body, and handle fragment of bird bowl. Nicked rim. Brown over polished clay surface. Exterior, painted along rim; vertical band to the right of handle, partially covering handle; a wide reserved band along handle zone, from left to right, three vertical parallel lines, a row of dots with two lines above and below (placed immediately to the right and below the midpoint of the three vertical lines) bordering the lower part of the metope decoration, which consists of a lozenge with a crosshatched core, three vertical lines, and the tail of a bird to right. Interior, painted.

Second quarter of the seventh century, or about 650, not later, based on parallels with Akpınar necropolis, Klazomenai, according to N. Aytaçlar and M. Kerschner (personal communication, Sardis, July 1–2, 2016).

Dimensions
H. 0.047, Diam. of rim 0.12, Th. 0.005.
Comments
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Author
GGD