R2 Cat. 19

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

5th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

The r. side of the stone had a moulding just above the height at which the front panel ends; otherwise the surface is smoothed. There is an L-shaped cut at the bottom from reuse. The l. side of the stone is smooth, the surface destroyed from moulding...

R2 Cat. 20

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Ca. 400 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

On both sides remain parts of the top of the triangular pediment (W. 0.49). Part of the interior of the pediment is preserved on the l. (H. 0.24; D. 0.65). Its corner ends just above the inner edge of the l. pilaster capital. It must have had acroter...

R2 Cat. 21

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

4th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

The marble piece is flat on top but cut in front to indicate a very shallowly pitched roof with a round central and two palmette-shaped corner acroteria. Details may have been indicated by painting. The sides, acting as pilasters, have no carved deta...

R2 Cat. 22

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Ca. 500 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

This architectural relief is beautifully chiseled and perfectly smoothed. The forms are simple but highly refined and rounded. The back of the relief is smoothed but has a few scattered dots. It was clearly to be set against a smooth surface, hence i...

R2 Cat. 23

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Ca. 580-560 BC (Lydian)

The lion is conceived as one, not two beasts; he has only one tail. Frontally viewed, the two legs are separated by “background,” ca. 0.06 W., thicker (0.075) below the belly. The lion has a broad mane of plastically rendered, overlapping curls which...

R2 Cat. 24

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

6th-5th C. BC (Lydian)

From preserved neck and shoulder it is clear that the lion sat with legs vertical, like the Perachora lion (Boston Museum of Fine Arts no. 97.289, Caskey, Catalogue Boston MFA, 15ff.) or the Metropolitan Sardis lion (Cat. 235 Figs. 405-406), roaring ...

R2 Cat. 25A

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

450-350 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

In the following description, the pair which now bears Manisa museum no. 4031 (S63.037A) will be designated as lions A and B, that with no. 4030 (S63.037B) as C and D. In the view of 4031 which shows the lions’ tails (Fig. 92) lion A is on the left, ...

R2 Cat. 26

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

600-570 BC (Lydian)

The recumbent lion lies on a plinth which projects slightly beyond the sides of the animal and is square in front and oval behind. Both pairs of the lion’s feet point forward, and its large flat-topped head is held level. The mouth is open in a roar ...

R2 Cat. 27

Sculpture

Sandstone, Stone

Ca. 570-560 BC (Lydian)

The two and one half recumbent lions (Cat. 27, Cat. 28, Cat. 29 Figs. 105-117) are from the altar of Kuvava (H. 1.73; L. 3.10; W. 2.05) in the sector PN. They are of very crumbly sandstone. A sample of Cat. 28 (taken Aug. 14, 1975) was determined at ...

R2 Cat. 28

Sculpture

Sandstone, Stone

570-560 BC (Lydian)

The two and one half recumbent lions which follow (Cat. 27, Cat. 28, Cat. 29 Figs. 105-117) are from the altar of Kuvava (H. 1.73; L. 3.10; W. 2.05) in the sector PN. They are of very crumbly sandstone. A sample of Cat. 28 (taken Aug. 14, 1975) was d...

R2 Cat. 29

Sculpture

Sandstone, Stone

570-560 BC (Lydian)

The two and one half recumbent lions which follow (Cat. 27, Cat. 28, Cat. 29 Figs. 105-117) are from the altar of Kuvava (H. 1.73; L. 3.10; W. 2.05) in the sector PN. They are of very crumbly sandstone. A sample of Cat. 28 (taken Aug. 14, 1975) was d...

R2 Cat. 30

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

560-550 BC (Lydian)

The lion lies on a shallow plinth which follows his shape. The tail comes up over the rump and curls in, tucked between the r. knee and body, then blends into the rump at back. The feet are carefully worked, showing the claws. The back and legs are w...

R2 Cat. 31

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Ca. 560-550 (Lydian)

The recumbent archaic lion on a plinth has a tail starting as a faint “fat sheep” rise with dividing pattern. It is slung up over the l. hind leg. The head faces forward with mouth open and tongue lying flat. Deeply grooved whiskers are delineated by...

R2 Cat. 32

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Ca. 560-550 BC (Lydian)

The leg and paw from a reclining lion are extended flat on the worked surface of a base. There are large flat chisel strokes on the leg, which is finished with multiple chisel cross strokes. The exterior of the base shows large point and gouge. Acco...

R2 Cat. 33

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Ca. 550 BC? (Lydian)

The front of the plinth is flat. The surface is covered with claw chisel marks. The leg and paw appear to be lying flat on the surface of the plinth and are, therefore, from a reclining lion. The workmanship is all flat chisel on the claws and base. ...

R2 Cat. 36

Sculpture, Sarcophagus

Marble, Stone

Ca. 500 BC? (Late Lydian (Persian)?)

In the break of the r. side of the lion there is seen an oblique surface which rises markedly to the proper r. The lion lies on a "base." It has a fat, massive chest and shoulders, short hind legs, with incised claws on the l. hind leg. The l. should...

R2 Cat. 37

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Late 6th or 5th C. BC (Lydian)

The piece has an interesting stylization of the upper parts of the lion’s claws as a flat band and a similarly ornamental flat band at the back of the leg. The paw is well modeled with high rounded forms of toes. No rough drill was used. It is not a ...

R2 Cat. 39

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Ca. 400 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

The fragment has a thin, fine low relief of a lion walking to the r. on a thin, straight ground line. The relief comes from a horizontal band-like part which was the top section of a rather small frame. A bit of projection on the smooth underside ind...

R2 Cat. 40

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

530-500 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

Going all around from sex to tail are rows of downward-pointed feathers stylized in leaf-like shapes. Each leaf is oval with median rib. Two vertical rows fill out the triangle between the side feathers and tail on the proper l. They are somewhat bet...

R2 Cat. 43

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

(Lydian?)

The soft and simple treatment of the frog’s body is very effective. This simplicity (from above the frog looks like an archaic lion) and the very straight line down the spine suggest an archaic monument. The channel might indicate that the piece was ...

R2 Cat. 44

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

5th-4th C. BC? (Late Lydian (Persian)?)

The thick relief block shows an animal charging or rearing to the l. Only the body remains; most of the neck, legs, and tail are broken off. Perhaps the tail curved over the back since there is a trace of the end in the appropriate position. Accordin...

R2 Cat. 46

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

530-520 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

Fragment of a stele with lotus-volute finial (anthemion).The general type is made clear by the stele Cat. 45 (Figs. 148-149; and a closely comparable fragment from Daskylion (Fig. 152). Preserved is the central part of the finial and the broad raised...

R2 Cat. 49

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Later 5th or 4th C. BC? (Late Lydian (Persian)?)

The carefully cut ornament includes part of a downward-pointed lotus with five thin leaves, a concave leaf-like ending to the lower part of a volute, and a rounded part above. The finial projected sideways from the shaft. The leaf-like volute end con...

R2 Cat. 50

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

6th C. BC? (Lydian?)

The slab, probably a door lintel rather than a doorjamb, must come from a chamber tomb in the mound. It is decorated on one side with two connected spirals incised within a panel with raised edges. K. J. Frazer observed that the rougher areas outside...

R2 Cat. 51

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

520-500 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

The tall relief is crisply cut and smoothed. Part of the lotus and the tip of a palmette are at the top l. The central leaf rises to a sharp median ridge, the l. leaf to a less marked one. Found in the top layer of LA 2, the late archaic piece may be...