• latw-112-1
    Lydion from Gordion. (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul)

    Lydion from Gordion

    The Lydians and their World (2010) Cat. 112
    Date
    Ca. 500-450 BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
    Museum
    Polatlı, Gordion Museum, 57.771.06
    Museum Inventory No.
    57.771.06
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Lydion
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Painted - Banded / Waveline
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Gordion
    Description
    Complete, mended from two pieces, chips off rim (Possibly Gordion inv. no. 497 P144). Clay fired reddish buff. Reddish slip applied over lip, rim, and neck; the same slip is applied in a broad spiral band over the reserve surface of the shoulder. Height 0.114 m, maximum diameter 0.075 m.
    Comments
    From the City Mound (i.e. citadel mound) of Gordion (1950). Shape and decoration are typical of the “late” lydion type.
    See Also
    Bibliography
    Author
    CHG

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