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
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- GGD