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    HoB 776: Bird bowl. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Bird bowl

Date
Ca. 650–600 BC., Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P63.434
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Bird Bowl
Pottery Ware
East Greek - Bird Bowl
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - Refuse Piles
B-Grid Coordinates
W11 - W13 / S103 - S104 *99.5 - 99.2
Findspot
W11-13 / S103-104 *99.50-99.20 ⁓ refuse pile
Description

Two joining fragments of a ring base of a bird bowl. Decoration, dark over clay surface. Exterior, standing rays; base and under base plain dark paint. Interior, plain dark paint.

650–600 BC, according to N. Aytaçlar.

Dimensions
Diam. of base 0.05, Th. 0.002–0.004.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD