LATW Cat. 224

Metalwork

Bronze/Copper Alloy

5th to 7th c, with early 7th c context suggesting 6th to 7th c (Late Roman)

Two small, nearly identical lion’s heads, with flat backs for attachments to some other object, such as a chest or piece of furniture. The heads are simply rendered, with round ears, long muzzles, and open mouths that may have held ring handles. Rath...

LATW Cat. 225

Pottery

Ceramic

Thirteenth century AD (Byzantine)

Fragments from the center of a bowl with ring foot, about two-thirds complete. Interior, dark yellow glaze with incised sgraffito decoration in dark brown, showing three lanceolate leaves, connected by their stems.

LATW Cat. 226

Pottery

Ceramic

Twelfth century AD (Byzantine)

Fragments from the center of a bowl. Interior, pale yellow glaze with fine sgraffito decoration in brown. Surrounding a plain center is a border, framed by two narrow bands, which features a pattern of two continuous curvilinear ribbons, one of swage...

LATW Cat. 227

Pottery

Ceramic

Twelfth to thirteenth centuries AD (Byzantine)

Fragmentary bowl. Interior, cream glaze with green-brown sgraffito decoration. A central disk features a cross with arms each terminating in a lily, and with intervals filled with fleurs-de-lis pointing inward and spaces filled with dark brown. At th...

LATW Cat. 228

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 1540-1560 AD (Islamic)

Dish with low, flaring foot ring, shallow, concave sides, and flange rim. Body of hard, rather coarse white (Munsell 5Y 8/1) clay with thin, white slip on both interior and exterior. Design underglaze painted in sage green, azure, and turquoise, with...

LATW Cat. 229

Pottery

Ceramic

Late-fourteenth or fifteenth century AD (Islamic)

Fragment of thickly potted “Miletus” ware bowl with low, flaring foot ring and high, concave sides; rim missing. Body of coarse, porous, pink (Munsell 7.5YR 7/4) earthenware with white slip on interior and on exterior to two cm. above the foot ring. ...

LATW Cat. 230

Pottery

Ceramic

Probably fourteenth or fifteenth century AD (Islamic)

Largely complete high-footed small bowl. Earthenware darkened from reducing atmosphere in kiln or accidental burning. Slip now dark grey. Inside, incised patterns: from center, a six-armed cross with double half rosettes between arms, all inscribed w...

LATW Cat. 231

Pottery

Ceramic

Probably fourteenth or fifteenth century AD (Islamic)

Large fragment of thickly potted, color splashed sgraffito bowl with low, flaring foot ring, deep, concave sides, and everted rim. Body of porous, coarse, fairly hard, yellowish red (Munsell 5YR 5/6) earthenware. Slipped on both interior and exterior...

LATW Cat. 232

Pottery

Ceramic

Probably fifteenth century AD (Islamic)

Fragments of base, side and rim of gold glazed sgraffito bowl; of which only center parts are displayed in this Exhibition. Body of porous, red earthenware slipped white on the interior. Slip incised with pattern of large bud-like forms or abstract l...

M10 Cat. Cor 1

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 750-720 BC (Lydian)

Reconstructed. Portion of the trefoil mouth, body, and foot restored. Solid glaze on the trefoil mouth. Medium bands of black glaze on the neck (11), shoulder (3), and body (19). Similar bands on the exterior of the handle. A wide band of black glaze...

M10 Cat. Cor 2

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 750-720 BC (Lydian)

Middle of LG. Large fragment from the rim of a kotyle, with a portion of the handle frieze. Exterior: a line of glaze on top of the lip and two horizontal lines of glaze below. In the handle frieze, vertical lines flank two joined triangles (this fam...

M10 Cat. Cor 3

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 750-690 BC (Lydian)

Late in LG or early in EPC. A fragment from the handle frieze. Exterior: a line of glaze appears near the rim. Below, in the frieze, a single heron faces to right beside three parallel zigzag lines. The heron's beak curves up and out to touch the upp...

M10 Cat. Cor 4

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 720-690 BC (Lydian)

Early in EPC. Eight fragments from the rim, body, and foot of a small, extremely fine (eggshell) kotyle. One handle stub remains. Exterior: two very thin lines of glaze near the rim. In the handle frieze, a series of vertical lines flanks two sets of...

M10 Cat. Cor 5

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 720-690 BC (Lydian)

Middle EPC or early in late EPC. Two fragments from the rim; the handle stubs are preserved. Exterior: short vertical strokes on the handles (three preserved on one stub, one on the other), but no horizontal framing lines. Two horizontal lines of gla...

M10 Cat. Cor 6

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 720-690 BC (Lydian)

Late EPC. Fragment of rim and upper body. Exterior: two horizontal lines of glaze at the rim. In the handle zone, a bird faces to right next to a series of vertical bars. The type is transitional between the soldier bird and the wirebird. It has the ...

M10 Cat. Cor 7

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 720-690 BC (Lydian)

Probably late EPC. Six fragments, from foot to mid-body. Two joined fragments from the foot and two from the wall. Exterior: fourteen horizontal lines, all evenly spaced, on the lower body. The base is completely glazed except for two reserved lines....

M10 Cat. Cor 8

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 720-690 BC (Lydian)

Probably late EPC. A fragment with complete foot and three wall fragments. Exterior: horizontal lines, evenly spaced, on the lower body. What remains of the base is completely glazed. On the underside of the foot, a single, fine line of glaze marks t...

M10 Cat. Cor 9

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 720-690 BC (Lydian)

Probably late in EPC. Body fragment. A floral palmette, roughly drawn, on the belly; three horizontal lines below. Glaze: brown, with no incision. Clay: hard but rough. Pinkish beige with a muddy beige exterior that has a slight gloss. Munsell no., b...

M10 Cat. Cor 10

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 690-670 BC (Lydian)

Probably early in MPC. Preserved only from the shoulder to the lower body, making the shape somewhat uncertain. On the shoulder, a running animal to left (probably a dog; the head is lost) with a long tail appearing near the handle break. No incision...

M10 Cat. Cor 11

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 690-670 BC (Lydian)

Probably early in MPC. One-third of the mouth disk and the neck of a small aryballos. The disk is very thin and fine. There is a small lip at the outer edge of the disk and a groove on the outside where the disk joins the straight neck. On the top of...

M10 Cat. Cor 12

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 690-670 BC (Lydian)

Probably MPC I. Two joining fragments reaching from lip to mid-body. Exterior: two horizontal lines near the rim frame a series of vertical bars and worm-shaped wiggles in the handle zone. Ten of the wiggles and the lower ends of three vertical bars ...

M10 Cat. Cor 13

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 670-650 BC (Lydian)

Probably early in MPC-II. Five fragments of a linear kotyle, four joined. The kotyle is preserved from the lip to near the foot. Exterior: a single horizontal line of glaze on the handle. At the top of the rim, a single worn horizontal line frames th...

M10 Cat. Cor 14

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 670-650 BC (Lydian)

Probably early in MPC-II. Half of a handle and a small part of the rim. Exterior: two lines, beginning on the root of the handle, merge to form one thin line on the handle proper. On the upper line, the glaze is partially preserved; on the lower, it ...

M10 Cat. Cor 15

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 670-650 BC (Lydian)

Probably early in MPC-II. Fragment of the rim and upper body, with one handle stub remaining. Exterior: two horizontal lines near the rim. On the handle stub, two thin horizontal lines (beginning where the handle joins the body) merge to form a singl...

M10 Cat. Cor 16

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 670-650 BC (Lydian)

Probably MPC-II. A handle with a small part of the surrounding rim and upper body. Exterior: a single, thick horizontal line of glaze on the handle extends across the first vertical bar of the frieze area. Two horizontal lines decorate the rim. Porti...