LATW Cat. 147

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 575-540 BC (Lydian)

Broken and mended. Foot restored. Outside, cream slip over which decoration in dark slip as follows: handle zone, animal frieze (A, two confronted fish; B, three birds to right) with dot and circle filling ornament; below, two registers of voided ray...

LATW Cat. 148

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 575-540 BC (Lydian)

Broken and mended. Foot restored. Decoration like No. 147. Height of bowl 0.122 m, diameter of mouth 0.145 m.

LATW Cat. 149

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 575-540 BC (Lydian)

Broken and mended. Outside plastic features include a pair of perforated spool handles, eight vertical lugs (four on either side between handles), narrow band connecting handles and lugs at their mid-point. Height (not including handles) 0.065 m, dia...

LATW Cat. 150

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 575-540 BC (Lydian)

Broken and mended. One handle and rim parts missing. Outside, dark slip over rim, at bottom of bowl, and on foot, and for decoration as follows: in handle zone central dot rosette flanked by stripes; below handle zone, broad band. Inside, dark slip o...

LATW Cat. 151

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 575-540 BC (Lydian)

Broken and mended. Foot restored. Outside, dark slip on handles and body except for reserve bands as follows: narrow at base of lip, broad in handle zone, narrow on lower body. Inside, dark slip except for narrow reserve band below rim. Height of bow...

LATW Cat. 152

Jewelry and Ornaments

Gold, Stone

Ca. 575-540 BC (Lydian)

Barrel-shaped bead longitudinally perforated with central hole. Wire passes through perforation and around the outside, closely following the bead contour; and makes a small loop rising from the bead midway between the two ends. Length 0.028 m.

LATW Cat. 153

Jewelry and Ornaments

Gold

Ca. 575-540 BC (Lydian)

Spherical form perforated with central hole. Outer surface articulated with curving, melon-like segments, which terminate at the hole mouths. Granulation in single rows between segments and in double rings around hole mouths. Height 0.0095 m, weight ...

LATW Cat. 154

Jewelry and Ornaments

Silver

Ca. 575-540 BC (Lydian)

Surface corroded. Hawk standing on a rectangular plinth; on back, suspension ring. Height 0.03 m.

LATW Cat. 155

Metalwork

Silver

First half of 6th c BC (Lydian)

The jug has a trefoil mouth, a broad cylindrical neck, a squat globular body and a ring foot. Around the base of the neck is a ridge, hammered from the inside. The handle, rising high above the level of the rim, is made from two plates of metal, the ...

LATW Cat. 156

Metalwork

Bronze/Copper Alloy

First half of 6th c BC (Lydian)

The jug has a trefoil mouth, cylindrical neck, squat spherical body and a flared foot. The jug proper is made in three parts: mouth, neck, and shoulder; body, and foot. The shoulder overlaps and is soldered to the upper curve of the body; the foot is...

LATW Cat. 157

Metalwork

Silver

First half of 6th c BC (Lydian)

The shallow bowl has a straight rim, thickened at the edge, and a large hemispherical omphalos with a centering mark on the underside. On the inner wall are eight evenly spaced horizontal ribs from the omphalos to just below the rim. The outer wall i...

LATW Cat. 158

Metalwork

Bronze/Copper Alloy

First half of 6th c BC (Lydian)

“The broad shallow bowl has a slightly thickened rim and flat bottom. At opposite sides of the bowl are two three-quarter bolsters with finely ridged ends and central molding, attached below the rim by two rivets from inside. The attenuated ends of a...

LATW Cat. 159

Metalwork

Bronze/Copper Alloy

First half of 6th c BC (Lydian)

This pair of swivel ring handles is similar to those on the bowl with rim bands, no. 226 (No. 158). These rings, however, are larger, and the ribbing is more definite, composed of relatively broad convex ribs alternating with pairs of fine ribs. The ...

LATW Cat. 160

Metalwork

Silver

First half of 6th c BC (Lydian)

The convex circular lid has a short horizontal rim, slightly upturned at the edge, and a swiveling ring handle. In the center of the lid is a rosette of 25 petals, encircled by a pine-cone decoration that extends in 11 increasingly larger rings as fa...

LATW Cat. 161

Metalwork

Silver

First half of 6th c BC (Lydian)

The body of the alabastron is divided into alternately decorated and undecorated zones by six ornamental bands. The uppermost band contains evenly spaced circles with central dot, bordered below by a narrower band of hatching. The second band contain...

LATW Cat. 162

Metalwork

Silver

Late 6th or early 5th c BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

“The oinochoe has a trefoil mouth, a cylindrical neck, and an ovoid body narrowing towards a flared foot. Around the rim is a chased kymation. The shoulder is decorated with engraved tongues, a pinprick within the curve of each. Around the foot is a ...

LATW Cat. 163

Metalwork

Silver

Late 6th or early 5th c BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

The oinochoe has a trefoil mouth with grooved rim, a short neck, and an ovoid body, angling sharply at the wide shoulder and narrowing towards the flared foot. A rounded ridge decorated with engraved beading encircles the foot near the top, and the s...

LATW Cat. 164

Metalwork

Silver

Late 6th or early 5th c BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

The shallow bowl is fairly flat at the bottom and is hammered in one piece with the hexagonal stem, to the top of which is soldered a loop. The top of the handle is elaborately ornamented, the loop mounted on a quatrefoil lotus above a profiled moldi...

LATW Cat. 165

Metalwork

Silver

Late 6th or early 5th c BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

The shallow bowl has thick walls and is flat at the bottom. The stem, of round section, is formed in one with the bowl. Soldered to the top is a plain vertical ring, its orientation the same as that of the bowl (Özgen and Öztürk 1996). Height 0.198 m...

LATW Cat. 166

Metalwork

Silver

Late 6th or early 5th c BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

The strainer has a hemispherical bowl and a broad concave rim. The handle projects at a slight angle. Below a plain zone, the bowl is perforated in a swirling pattern; 21 perforated arcs, curving counterclockwise, radiate from the center on the floor...

LATW Cat. 167

Metalwork

Silver

Late 6th or early 5th c BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

The shallow bowl has an offset rim, and an extremely shallow omphalos with a centering mark on the underside. The bowl itself is silver, the gold decoration was made separately and applied. The ten tear-shaped lobes are hollow, slotted into grooves o...

LATW Cat. 168

Metalwork

Silver

Late 6th or early 5th c BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

The deep shouldered bowl has an offset lip, outturned at the rim, and a shallow omphalos with a centering mark on the underside. Spaced evenly around the upper zone of the wall are eighteen male heads, and the lower zone is decorated with seventy-two...

LATW Cat. 169

Metalwork

Silver

Late 6th or early 5th c BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

“The shallow bowl has a sharply flaring offset lip, and a shallow omphalos with a centering mark on the underside. Radiating from an engraved circle around the omphalos are eighty-seven lightly chased tongues, defined around the top by scalloping. Ar...

LATW Cat. 170

Metalwork, Inscription

Silver

Late 6th or early 5th c BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

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...

LATW Cat. 171

Stone Vessel

Chalcedony, Stone

Second half of 6th or early 5th c BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

Shallow plate or dish of creamy jasper, with red and brown veins. Wide, flat bottom, carinated body, horizontal rim. Diameter 0.145, height 0.03.