LATW Cat. 197

Glass

Glass

Second half of the fifth century BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

Alabastron of core-formed and trail-decorated translucent dark blue glass. Rounded bottom with slight depression; elongated ovoid body; short neck; horizontal rim with applied trail of opaque yellow glass. Two “duck’s head” handles applied on shoulde...

LATW Cat. 198

Glass

Glass

Second half of the fifth century BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

Aryballos of core-formed and trail-decorated translucent dark blue glass. Round body; short neck, horizontal rim with applied trail of opaque yellow glass. Two handles applied on shoulder; one pale blue, the other yellow, with holes on top for string...

LATW Cat. 199

Glass

Glass

Second half of the fifth century BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

Aryballos of core-formed and trail-decorated translucent dark-blue glass. Round body; short neck, broken; top missing. One of two applied handles preserved in its entirety. Both should have gone vertically from neck to shoulder of vessel. One preserv...

LATW Cat. 200

Pottery

Ceramic

Late fifth century BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

Red-figured shallow askos. Disc foot, slightly projecting from body wall. Low body with shallow dome shape. Flaring spout; outturned rim with rounded lip. Handle from under rim to other side of body. Decoration on upper part of body. On one side, spo...

LATW Cat. 201

Pottery

Ceramic

Second half of the fifth century BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

Small echinoid black-slipped bowl. Vertical ring foot, rounded lip angled inward. Interior center stamped with circle surrounded by 13 carelessly stamped eggs/tongues and four palmettes. Intact, worn. Height 0.0214 m, diameter 0.0556 m.

LATW Cat. 202

Pottery

Ceramic

Probably fifth century BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

Ovoid lekythos with flat, string-cut disc foot. Rim missing. Small knobs on each side of shoulder; between, handle scar. Unpainted. Preserved height 0.1378 m, diameter 0.0806 m.

LATW Cat. 203

Pottery

Ceramic

Probably fifth century BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

Ovoid lekythos with flat, string-cut disc foot, tall body, broad outwardly thickened rim. Vertical oval handle going from neck to shoulder. Unpainted. Height 0.194 m, diameter 0.069 m.

LATW Cat. 204

Pottery

Ceramic

Probably fifth century BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

Ovoid lekythos with flat, string-cut disc foot, tall body, broad outwardly thickened rim. Broken at neck. Scar of handle on shoulder. Unpainted. Preserved height 0.194 m, diameter 0.0718 m.

LATW Cat. 205

Stone Vessel

Alabaster, Stone

Probably fifth century BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

Calcite (Egyptian alabaster) alabastron. Elongated ovoid body with round bottom; horizontal rim with rounded lip. Two small lug handles below rim. Mended from fragments, a few fragments missing. Fine lathe marks over interior and exterior surfaces. H...

LATW Cat. 206-207

Metalwork

Iron, Bronze/Copper Alloy

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

Two linchpins from a pair of wheels, each consisting of a cast human torso with arms, attached to an iron pin. The figures wear the high, soft hats with tapering ends falling forward, commonly called Persian tiaras or Phrygian caps, and have their ar...

LATW Cat. 208-209

Metalwork

Iron, Bronze/Copper Alloy

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

Two iron pins with decorative bronze rams’ heads. Flange at base of bronze head. Heads are triangular in shape, with horns curving behind ears.

LATW Cat. 210

Miscellaneous

Bone

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Skull and right arm from the skeleton of a young man, probably a soldier who died in the Persian sack of Sardis. The skeleton was complete except for part of the pelvis; only selected parts are displayed here. It belonged to a young man, estimated to...

LATW Cat. 211

Metalwork

Iron, Bronze/Copper Alloy

Ca. 570-540s BC (Lydian)

Fragments of a helmet including skull-piece with scalloped brow, two cheek-pieces (only the more complete exhibited), and neck guard, all once iron, now mostly corrosion products; trim consisting of bronze (and some iron) cords and multi-part bronze ...

LATW Cat. 212

Metalwork

Iron

Ca. 570-540s BC (Lydian)

Blade and handle core unit, once iron, now corrosion products (iron oxide, magnetite, hematite on the exterior; limonite enveloped by magnetite on some interior parts); broken and repaired. The end of the handle core may be missing. The top side of b...

LATW Cat. 213

Metalwork

Iron

Ca. 570-540s BC (Lydian)

Iron. Adhering to the blade is part of an iron sieve or filter. Blade and “wrap-around” handle socket were made together. Preserved length 0.27 m, maximum width 0.035 m (blade length 0.22 m; handle socket length 0.05 m).

LATW Cat. 214

Metalwork

Iron, Bronze/Copper Alloy

Ca. 570-540s BC (Lydian)

Bronze arrowheads have sockets and are leaf-shaped (some with high, others with tapering “shoulders”) and trilobate; iron arrowheads have tangs and are triangular and four-sided. Lengths vary between 0.034 m and 0.052 m.

LATW Cat. 215

Metalwork

Lead

401-395 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

Lead, of almond shape. On the longitudinal center of one side, a text of eight legible raised letters in Greek gives ΤΙCCΑΦΕΡ.Ε... Length 36 mm, weight 40.423 g.

LATW Cat. 216

Pottery

Ceramic

Late Hellenistic (Hellenistic)

Pottery, broken, mended, partly restored. The finial of the lid has a central opening. One body handle missing and restored. Body is partly mold-made. White slip on exterior surfaces, over which decoration in reddish-orange to dark-sepia slip. On eit...

LATW Cat. 217

Pottery

Ceramic

Late Hellenistic (Hellenistic)

Pottery, broken, mended, partly restored. Handles in the form of standing ithyphallic satyrs (facing outward, i.e. away from the vase). On the lower body, below each handle, a spout in the form of a mask or lion head. On exterior and interior of neck...

LATW Cat. 218

Lamp

Ceramic

Second to early first century BC (Hellenistic)

Hellenistic ceramic mold-made lamp. Wheel-made body, concave discus with large central hole, three smaller holes around, probably to allow air to escape while filling the lamp. Handle broken; two knobs on sides of lamp. Flaring nozzle. Thin matte gra...

LATW Cat. 219

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Third to fifth century AD (Late Roman)

Head broken at neck. Framing the forehead “are three separate masses of hair…one in the center made up of two separate tiers, and two at the sides.…The forehead is plastically modeled with two horizontal bony masses.…Upon the surface are incised hori...

LATW Cat. 220

Pottery

Ceramic

6th - early 7th c (Late Roman)

Small plate. High ring foot, sharply carinated shallow body. Decorated in champlevé technique, with cross within decorative bands. The carved decoration is notably off-center. Diameter 0.13 m, height 0.035 m.

LATW Cat. 221

Pottery

Ceramic

Late 5th to 6th c (Late Roman)

Large lentoid flask. Two handles from shoulder to neck. Mold made in two pieces; wheel-made neck and handles added separately. Decoration in relief on two sides. Side A: cross within circle, with two hares below, one resting forelegs on cross, the ot...

LATW Cat. 222

Metalwork

Bronze/Copper Alloy

5th to 7th c (Late Roman)

Rectangular bronze scoop, with socket on back for a handle. On the sides are two dolphins with arching tails attached to the scoop by rods round in section. Rising from the tails of the dolphins is an arch framing a cross, forming the back of the sco...

LATW Cat. 223

Metalwork, Lamp

Bronze/Copper Alloy

5th to 7th c (Late Roman)

Lamp in the form of a lion, striding forward and holding a shell-shaped spout in his open mouth. A hole at the top of the mane, covered by a separately made hinged lid, allowed the lamp to be filled. A ring and loop just in front of the filling hole ...