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    PC 55: Terracotta sima tile with scroll pattern. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Terracotta sima tile with scroll pattern

Date
Ca. 580–540 BC, Lydian
Museum
Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 4956
Museum Inventory No.
4956
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
T60.002
Material
Terracotta
Object Type
Architectural Terracotta
Architectural Terracotta Type
Sima
Site
Sardis
Sector
PC
Trench
PC
Locus
PC Zone 2
B-Grid Coordinates
W235 / S602 *90.5
Findspot
Found at X in Zone 2 *90.50
Description

Terracotta tile with two opposing black scrolls and a three-petalled palmette between them. The scrolls have a red knob at both terminals. Alternating black and red chevrons below. This is the scroll of a star-and-scroll sima. For a more complete example (although in poor condition), see Ramage, Sardis M5, cat. no. 42.

Ca. 580–540 BC

[The location of X is unknown.]

Dimensions
H. 0.18, W. 0.16, Th. 0.035.
Comments
See Also
See also: LATW Cat. 58
Bibliography
Hanfmann, “Sardis 1960,” p. 21, fig. 8; Ramage, Sardis M5, cat. no. 43. LATW, p. 454, cat. no. 58.
Author
NHR