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Fragment of rim of a dish
Sardis
Byzantine
975–1250
Object Place: Middle East, Byzantine
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Credit Line
Gift of Harold W. Bell
Accession Number42.70
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionFine light brown clay. Orange lead glaze. Sgraffito bird?
ProvenanceBetween 1910 and 1914, excavated at Sardis, under the auspices of the American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, by Harold Wilmerding Bell (b. 1885 - d. 1947), Boston [see note]; 1942, gift of Harold W. Bell to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 14, 1942)
NOTE: First lent to the MFA in 1915.
NOTE: First lent to the MFA in 1915.