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    PC 11: Imported bird kotyle. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Imported bird kotyle

Date
Ca. 720–700 BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P60.172
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 4
B-Grid Coordinates
*87.75
Findspot
Zone 4, test pit *87.75
Description

Nicked rim of deep-sided kotyle with dark brown on a buff fabric. Concave walls with slightly inturned, offset tapering rim. Two dark bands at and just below the rim. On the body, a diamond with a second smaller diamond with diagonal crosshatching inside. Two vertical bands separate this motif from a large bird whose body is filled with oblique crosshatching. Above and below the tail of the bird are smaller diamonds with oblique crosshatching. Both exterior and interior are polished. Interior is slipped red.

Ca. 720–700 BC

Dimensions
H. 0.047, Diam. 0.26, Th. 0.005.
Comments
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Author
NHR