LATW Cat. 1

Jewelry and Ornaments

Silver

Ca. 2500-2000 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Pendant in form of a ram. Elongated cylindrical body perforated just above stumps of forelegs. Cylindrical neck at oblique angle to body. Small head with rounded nose; horns in relief curve back and around on either side of head. Tiny tail points dow...

LATW Cat. 10

Sculpture, Inscription

Marble, Stone

520-500 BC (Hanfmann); 4th c BC (Bossert) (Late Lydian (Persian))

Stele of white marble. Above, relief showing a man seated on a stool at a table, behind him an indistinct form that has been variously identified (standing child, Bossert; foreparts of a dog, Hanfmann). The man either has a disproportionately long ri...

LATW Cat. 100

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 590-550 BC (Middle Corinthian or later) (Lydian)

Round Corinthian aryballos with quatrefoil decoration. Globular body with slightly flattened bottom. Very low neck, wide horizontal everted lip with narrow mouth. Carefully drawn rosette around mouth. Rim crosshatched. Handle decorated with wavy line...

LATW Cat. 101

Pottery

Ceramic

7th c BC. (Lydian)

Bird bowl. Low ring foot, bowl with rounded profile, lightly nicked rim. Handles restored. Hatched bird in metope, flanked by hatched diamonds in metopes. Mended from fragments; parts of body and both handles restored. Height 0.060 m, diameter 0.125 ...

LATW Cat. 102

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Attic black-figured band skyphos. Wide low flaring foot. Deep body, slightly inset, flaring lip with sharp transitional ridge on interior. Two horizontal handles. In band, side A: two neatly drawn confronting panthers, framed by palmettes. In band, s...

LATW Cat. 103

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Attic black-figure komast cup. Flaring conical foot, without solid clay. Fully rounded body. Inset lip, two horizontal handles. Net pattern on exterior of lip. Double palmettes with tendrils beneath handles. Sides A and B: almost identical komast sce...

LATW Cat. 104

Pottery, Inscription

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Attic black figure cup with deep bowl, high “wishbone” handles. Side A: battle over a fallen warrior, with two nude figures bearing away the corpse; Ramage suggests that the nude figures might represent Sleep and Death, rather than mortal combatants....

LATW Cat. 105

Pottery

Ceramic

First half of 6th c BC (Lydian)

Pottery kantharos with double-roll handles. Body decorated in brown slip with curled marbling in seven overlapping rows. Neck decorated with images in slips of three colors, very dark brown, orange brown, and light yellow-brown, over a cream-slipped ...

LATW Cat. 106

Pottery

Ceramic

6th c BC (Lydian)

Pottery omphalos phiale. Outside and inside covered with white slip, over which orange-brown slip applied over rim and omphalos and in radial bands of marbling outside and inside. Diameter 0.161 m, height 0.056 m.

LATW Cat. 107

Pottery, Graffito

Ceramic

First half of 6th c BC (Lydian)

Plain rim; flaring base; plain stem (Gordion inv. no. 10983 P4495 +10938 P4482). Clay very pale brown (10 YR 7/4). Decoration yellowish red (5 YR 5/8) to red (2.5 YR 4/8), and in reddish black (2.5 YR 2.5/1). Interior: creamy-white slipped, top to bo...

LATW Cat. 108

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 560-520 BC (Lydian or Late Lydian)

Marbled omphalos phiale. Less than half preserved; restored from fragments; parts of omphalos survive. Deep, hemispherical bowl. Fabric hard, fine, slightly micaceous; fired red-brown to milky brick red. Inside and out, cream-white slip, thinly appli...

LATW Cat. 109

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 560-520 BC (Lydian or Late Lydian)

Pottery, broken and badly burnt, repaired (Gordion inv. no. 9P9). Flat rim, outflaring neck, round body, semi-conical foot; slightly lopsided. Clay micaceous, grey-brown at core, reddish near surfaces; friable. The exterior is covered with cream slip...

LATW Cat. 11

Sculpture, Inscription

Marble, Stone

Shortly after the middle of the 4th c BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

At the top of the stele, “a local version of an anthemion finial of lyre-volute type. In place of the usual palmette is a schematic rendering of a bird in flight, with splayed wing feathers substituting for palmette leaves” (Roosevelt 2009, 261). Bel...

LATW Cat. 110

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 560-540 BC (Lydian or Late Lydian)

Intact except for chips from rim (Possibly Gordion inv. no. 1573 P490). Fabric fairly hard, fine, non-micaceous; fired light tan-pink. Red-brown slip streakily applied over lip, neck (outside and partly inside), mid body, lower body, and foot; the sa...

LATW Cat. 111

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 550-520 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

Intact, chips off rim and foot (Possibly Gordion inv. no. 2387 P752). Surface badly worn. Fabric not too fine, sturdy but friable, micaceous; fired light pink. White slip on lip and shoulder. Brick red-to-brown sepia slip (slightly metallic in places...

LATW Cat. 112

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 500-450 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

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. Hei...

LATW Cat. 113

Pottery

Ceramic

Second to third quarter of 6th c BC (Lydian or Late Lydian)

Hemispherical bowl with central boss. Painted in a light to dark brown glaze on a slip, which is thin and reddish brown on the inside and thick and yellowish white on the outside. Interior completely covered with marbling, the marbled central boss is...

LATW Cat. 114

Pottery, Graffito

Ceramic

Second to third quarter of 6th c BC (Lydian or Late Lydian)

Hemispherical bowl, which originally had a boss in its center. Painted in a reddish brown to black glaze on a thin slip yellowish to light brown hue. Both sides are completely covered with marbling, consisting of adjacent stripes. Approximately half ...

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. 117

Jewelry and Ornaments

Gold

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

Two almost circular gold earrings. “The body is hollow and nearly cylindrical in cross section. The outer portion has a rounded profile, with 38 radiating ribs. The inner section is undecorated and terminates in a sharp edge within. On each of the fl...

LATW Cat. 118

Jewelry and Ornaments

Gold, Stone

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

“Pendant (or possibly an ear-ring) of rock crystal, with a gold cap that terminates in a lion’s head holding a ring for suspension in its mouth. The ring is large and is made of a circle of heavy wire, with a beaded ring on either side. At the base, ...

LATW Cat. 119

Jewelry and Ornaments, Seal

Chalcedony, Stone

(Late Lydian (Persian))

Small chalcedony pyramidal stamp seal, missing any mounting. The sealing surface is carved in intaglio with a heroic combat scene: The hero stands at right on a groundline, wearing Persian court robe and a crenellated crown, holding a short sword in ...

LATW Cat. 12

Sculpture

Limestone, Stone

Probably early fifth century BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

“Brownish yellow chalky limestone. Figure stands on a 0.18 m high plinth to left in a long-sleeved, knee-length tunic and sandals, holding a flower bud forward in right hand and a bird at side in left hand. Hair in tight curls. Lips and eyes around i...

LATW Cat. 120

Jewelry and Ornaments, Seal

Agate, Stone

(Late Lydian (Persian))

Agate (?) weight-shaped seal, perforated but missing its mounting. The bottom surface is carved in intaglio with a figure wearing Persian court garb and a crenellated crown sitting on a throne, with an elaborate stretcher between the legs and a curve...