Figural terracotta of a bird
- Date
- Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P60.110
- Material
- Terracotta
- Object Type
- Figural Terracotta
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- PC
- Trench
- PC
- Locus
- PC Zone 2
- B-Grid Coordinates
- *88.8
- Findspot
- Zone 2 *88.80
- Description
Slightly concave body fragment of a terracotta bird. A cream slip on the exterior with an oblique crosshatched pattern painted in black. Within most diamonds created by the crosshatching, a painted black dot. Interior a gray color. Made in two pieces: the outer part is partially broken away, so that one can see thumbprints on the inner layer. A second, finer layer was then applied. (Total thickness of wall 0.004 m.) The piece is not round. Perhaps not local.
Compare HoB 642, a terracotta bird from HoB, where the dots within the crosshatching are red.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.0224, L. 0.0477, Th. 0.005.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR