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Marbled omphalos phiale. (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul) -
Marbled omphalos phiale, side view (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul)
Marbled omphalos phiale
The Lydians and their World
(2010)
Cat. 106
- Date
- 6th c BC, Lydian
- Museum
- Istanbul, Sadberk Hanım Museum, 6229-HK 1700
- Museum Inventory No.
- 6229-HK 1700
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- Sadberk Hanım 6229-HK 1700
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Omphalos Phiale
- Pottery Ware
- Lydian Painted - Marbled
- Pottery Attribution
- Description
- Pottery omphalos phiale. Outside and inside covered with white slip, over which orange-brown slip applied over rim and omphalos and in radial bands of marbling outside and inside. Diameter 0.161 m, height 0.056 m.
- Comments
- Formerly Hüseyin Kocabaş Collection, Istanbul. The omphalos phialai from Gordion (No. 108) and Miletus (Nos. 113-114) have thinner walls and overall marbling on their interiors.
- See Also
- Greenewalt, “Lydian Pottery”.
- Bibliography
- Türkteki and Hürmüzlü 2007, no. 33.
- Author
- CHG