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    HoB 778: 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.
P63.435
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

Body fragment of bird bowl. Brown over creamy-white slip (exterior) and red (interior). Exterior, three horizontal lines above and a standing ray below. Interior, painted red.

650–600 BC, according to N. Aytaçlar.

Dimensions
L. 0.061, W. 0.057, Th. 0.003–0.005.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD