LATW Cat. 19
Coin
Electrum
Ca. 630-575 BC (Lydian)
Electrum coin of one-twelfth stater weight (Ephesus Excavations Inventory ART 86/L567). Obverse: roaring lion head facing right, with a round “wart” on top of the muzzle; the wisps of the mane pointing downwards. Reverse: incuse punch. Diameter 0.007...
LATW Cat. 20
Coin, Inscription
Electrum
Ca. 630-575 BC (Lydian)
Electrum coin of twelfth-stater weight. Obverse: Roaring lion head facing right. Along right side of coin, three Lydian letters, “...WET.” Reverse: single punch. Diameter 0.007; weight 1.19 g.
LATW Cat. 21
Coin, Inscription
Electrum
Ca. 630-600 BC (Lydian)
Electrum coin of third-stater weight (Ephesus Excavations Inventory ART 94/K257). Obverse: two confronted lion’s heads, only the left-hand head struck on the coin, the right represented only by a bit of the nose along the right edge. Between the two ...
LATW Cat. 22
Coin, Inscription
Electrum
Ca. 630-575 BC (Lydian)
Electrum coin of one-third stater weight (Ephesus Excavations Inventory ART 86/K345). Obverse: boar head facing left. At the left of the head are the Lydian letters of a partially preserved name, ...]L?ATE[..., and the tip of the snout and tusk of a...
LATW Cat. 23
Coin
Electrum
Ca. 630-615 BC (the terminus ante quem of Ca. 615 BC is certain from the stratigraphic context) (Lydian)
Electrum coin of one twenty-fourth stater weight (Ephesus Excavations Inventory ART 94/K277). Obverse: four-clawed lion’s paw. Reverse: single punch. Weight: 0.56 g.
LATW Cat. 115
Pottery
Ceramic
Last quarter of the 7th c BC, deposited around 610 BC (Lydian)
Slightly curved body fragment of a stemmed dish (Ephesus excavation inventory ART 94 K 142.1). Bichrome decoration precisely painted in dark chocolate brown and reddish brown on a thick, creamy white slip of extraordinary smoothness, reminding one of...
LATW Cat. 116
Pottery
Ceramic
Second half of the 7th c BC, around 640–620 BC (Lydian)
Curved body fragment of a thin walled hemispherical bowl (Ephesus excavation inventory ART 88 K 1.1); the central boss (omphalos) and the straight rim are not preserved. Bichrome decoration painted in dark chocolate brown and reddish brown on a thick...
LATW Cat. 139
Jewelry and Ornaments
Electrum
Second half of the 7th or beginning of the 6th century BC (Lydian)
Electrum boat-shaped earring, decorated with beaded wire along sides, with four groups of three wires, crimped to resemble granulation, dividing the exterior into three panels. In panels, double-axes decorated with granulation. One double-axe missing...
LATW Cat. 140
Jewelry and Ornaments
Gold
Late 7th or early 6th century BC (Lydian)
Tiny gold recumbent lamb, with head turned to side, resting on low base (Ephesus Excavations Inventory ART 87/K262). Simplified representation, with short snout, ears flattened to head eyes indicated by raised dots. Hollow, made from two pieces of go...
LATW Cat. 141
Jewelry and Ornaments
Gold
Late 7th or beginning of 6th c BC. (Lydian)
Small gold foil appliqué. Raised central boss, surrounded by four raised, lightly segmented bow coils (Schalenspiralen), with rings at the apices. Volutes and rings pierced for attachment. Probably formed using a positive mold, as the details are cle...
LATW Cat. 142
Jewelry and Ornaments
Gold
Late 7th or early 6th c BC (Lydian)
Gold foil appliqué (Ephesus Excavations Inventory ART 87/K66). Raised central boss surrounded by lightly segmented ring. Four raised, segmented “bowl spirals;” additional foil left at apices, pierced for attachment. 2.1 x 2.1 cm; thickness of foil ca...
LATW Cat. 143
Jewelry and Ornaments
Silver
Late 7th or early 6th c BC (Lydian)
Silver pin with hollow teardrop-shaped head, divided into four sections by vertical rows of beaded wire (perhaps masking seams in the head), with ring of beaded wire at the tip (Ephesus Excavations Inventory ART 86/K366). Flaring disk between pin and...