• r8-pc-55-10
    PC 55: Terracotta sima tile with scroll pattern. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Terracotta sima tile with scroll pattern

    Date
    Ca. 580–540 BC, Lydian
    Museum
    Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 4956
    Museum Inventory No.
    4956
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    T60.002
    Material
    Terracotta
    Object Type
    Architectural Terracotta
    Architectural Terracotta Type
    Sima
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    PC
    Trench
    PC
    Locus
    PC Zone 2
    B-Grid Coordinates
    W235 / S602 *90.5
    Findspot
    Found at X in Zone 2 *90.50
    Description

    Terracotta tile with two opposing black scrolls and a three-petalled palmette between them. The scrolls have a red knob at both terminals. Alternating black and red chevrons below. This is the scroll of a star-and-scroll sima. For a more complete example (although in poor condition), see Ramage, Sardis M5, cat. no. 42.

    Ca. 580–540 BC

    [The location of X is unknown.]

    Dimensions
    H. 0.18, W. 0.16, Th. 0.035.
    Comments
    See Also
    See also: LATW Cat. 58
    Bibliography
    Hanfmann, “Sardis 1960,” p. 21, fig. 8; Ramage, Sardis M5, cat. no. 43. LATW, p. 454, cat. no. 58.
    Author
    NHR