• r8-pc-87-10
    PC 87: East Greek bird bowl. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

East Greek bird bowl

Date
Context: 9th to 6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P60.199
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 1
B-Grid Coordinates
*88.75 - 88
Findspot
Zone 1 *88.75–88.00
Description
Fine buff fabric sherds of an East Greek bird bowl. The upper body has three horizontal lines with a diamond and three vertical lines preserved. Two feet of a bird rest on the top line. Black rays rise from the base. Interior is slipped black. Interior and exterior are both polished.
Dimensions
Frag. 1: W. 0.063, L. 0.043, Th. 0.005; Frag. 2: W. 0.038, L. 0.055.
Comments
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Author
NHR