Bird’s Head

Date
Third Millenium BC?, Early Bronze Age
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
S64.036
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Sculpture
Sculpture Type
Prehistoric, Animal
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
MTE
B-Grid Coordinates
E63 - E68 / S153 - S158 *107.10 - 106.60
Findspot
MTE upper trench, S and above Lydian Trench area, in mixed fill.
Description
The round eye is made with a little chisel, the mouth by sawing and thin file or with abrasive. There were three strokes on the left of the neck to characterize feathers. This is not a Greek or Roman piece but either early Lydian or more likely Bronze Age.
Condition
Greyish very large-grained marble, brittle. Discolored green. Right side of head and beak broken off.
Dimensions
H. 0.039; diam. break at neck 0.013
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Published: Hanfmann and Ramage, “Sculpture from Sardis” (this entry).
Author
GMAH