• latw-159-1
    Two bronze handles from a wooden bowl. (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul)

    Two bronze handles from a wooden bowl

    Date
    First half of 6th c BC, Lydian
    Museum
    Uşak, Archaeological Museum, 1.8.89
    Museum Inventory No.
    1.8.89
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    Uşak 1.8.89
    Material
    Bronze/Copper Alloy
    Object Type
    Metalwork
    Metalwork Type
    Metal Vessel
    Site
    Basmacı Tumulus
    Description
    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 handles were found in the tomb with fragments of the decomposed wooden bowl to which they belonged and six silver rivets with hemispherical heads. The vessel had rim bands and spools carved in one with the bowl, and presumably the rivets would have been inserted into the top of the spools as a decorative element (Özgen and Öztürk 1996). Diameter 0.11 m, thickness 0.012, 0.013 m, weight 1166.96 g. and 119.5 g.
    Comments
    See Also
    Baughan, “Burial Customs”; Özgen, “Lydian Treasure”.
    Bibliography
    Özgen and Öztürk 1996, no. 226.
    Author
    İÖ