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Shallow bowl with inscription. (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul) -
Shallow bowl with inscription. (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul) -
Shallow bowl with inscription. Detail of inscription. (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul)
Shallow bowl with inscription
The Lydians and their World
(2010)
Cat. 170
- Date
- Late 6th or early 5th c BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
- Museum
- Uşak, Archaeological Museum, 1.9.70
- Museum Inventory No.
- 1.9.70
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- Uşak 1.9.70
- Material
- Silver
- Object Type
- Metalwork, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Name
- Inscription language
- Lydian
- Metalwork Type
- Metal Vessel
- Inscription Text
MATTVA
- Inscription Translation
- Mattua
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Ikiztepe Tumulus
- Description
- The shallow dish is has a horizontal everted rim, and the bottom is flat, with a centering mark on the floor. On the underside of the bowl is inscribed the word “MATTVA”, written retrograde.
The word “MATTVA” may be Lydian or Greek, and, according to R. Gusmani (personal communication) signifies a place name, documented so far only through the ethnic on two inscriptions from Philadelphia, and the place itself should likely be situated in east Lydia. It is not impossible that the bowl inscription is an indication of the origin of the piece (Özgen and Öztürk 1996). Height 0.033 m, diameter 0.179 m, weight 181.55 g.
- Comments
- From the Ikiztepe Tumulus.
- See Also
- Özgen, “Lydian Treasure”; Baughan, “Lydian Burial Customs”.
- Bibliography
- Özgen and Öztürk 1996, no. 54.
- Author
- İÖ