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Pair of fluted gold earrings. (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul)
Pair of fluted gold earrings
The Lydians and their World
(2010)
Cat. 117
- Date
- First half of the fifth century BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
- Museum
- Istanbul, Archaeological Museum, 5148
- Museum Inventory No.
- 5148
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IAM 5148
- Material
- Gold
- Object Type
- Jewelry and Ornaments
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Nec
- Trench
- Butler Tomb 921
- Locus
- Butler Tomb 921
- Description
- Two almost circular gold earrings. “The body is hollow and nearly cylindrical in cross section. The outer portion has a rounded profile, with 38 radiating ribs. The inner section is undecorated and terminates in a sharp edge within. On each of the flat, truncated ends, two small rings are attached. On each end of the semicircular pin is a loop that, when in place, rests between the two rings at each end of the body. The fastening was effected by means of a still smaller wire that passes through the three rings, two of the body and one of the pin” (Curtis). Length 0.0215 m, thickness 0.006 m, weight (together) 4.2 g.
- Comments
- From Sardis, found by the Butler Expedition in Tomb 921 together with another, boat-shaped earring and a gold chain. These are similar to the earrings worn by ivory head No. 52.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Curtis 1925, no. 64; Meriçboyu 2001, 98, 99, fig. 1.
- Author
- NDC