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PC 101: Corinthian alabastron. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Corinthian alabastron
- Date
- Ca. 595-570 BC?, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P13.044
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Alabastron
- Pottery Ware
- Corinthian
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- PC
- Trench
- PC
- Locus
- PC Zone 1
- B-Grid Coordinates
- *90.3 - 90
- Findspot
- Zone 1 *90.30–90.00
- Description
A small fragment of an alabastron with a bird’s head; paint entirely worn away leaving only incision. Fine white clay.
The bird’s head is facing downwards; other incisions are unreadable in their fragmentary state. Middle Corinthian?
Not in Sardis M10.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.0358, Th. 0.004.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR