• r8-pc-119-10
    PC 119: East Greek bird bowl. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    East Greek bird bowl

    Date
    Early 7th c BC, Lydian
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P60.440b
    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 Beneath LVC/North
    B-Grid Coordinates
    *89.5 - 88
    Findspot
    LVC/North *89.50–88.00
    Description

    Fragment of a large bird bowl, imported. The reserved panel from the cup wall preserves two vertical lines, and three horizontal lines at the bottom with a horizontal wavy line above these and the beginning of another horizontal line above that. Interior black glazed.

    Early seventh century.

    Dimensions
    H. 0.046, W. 0.044, Th. 0.005.
    Comments
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    Author
    NHR