Imported bird kotyle
- Date
- Ca. 720–700 BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P60.172
- 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 4
- B-Grid Coordinates
- *87.75
- Findspot
- Zone 4, test pit *87.75
- Description
Nicked rim of deep-sided kotyle with dark brown on a buff fabric. Concave walls with slightly inturned, offset tapering rim. Two dark bands at and just below the rim. On the body, a diamond with a second smaller diamond with diagonal crosshatching inside. Two vertical bands separate this motif from a large bird whose body is filled with oblique crosshatching. Above and below the tail of the bird are smaller diamonds with oblique crosshatching. Both exterior and interior are polished. Interior is slipped red.
Ca. 720–700 BC
- Dimensions
- H. 0.047, Diam. 0.26, Th. 0.005.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR