• latw-165-1
    Silver kyathos (ladle). (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul)

    Silver kyathos (ladle)

    Date
    Late 6th or early 5th c BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
    Museum
    Uşak, Archaeological Museum, 1.26.96
    Museum Inventory No.
    1.26.96
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    Uşak 1.26.96
    Material
    Silver
    Object Type
    Metalwork
    Metalwork Type
    Metal Vessel
    Site
    Ikiztepe Tumulus
    Description
    The shallow bowl has thick walls and is flat at the bottom. The stem, of round section, is formed in one with the bowl. Soldered to the top is a plain vertical ring, its orientation the same as that of the bowl (Özgen and Öztürk 1996). Height 0.198 m, diameter of bowl 0.047 m, diameter of stem 0.0055 m, diameter of loop 0.032 m, weight 80.5 g.
    Comments
    From the Ikiztepe Tumulus.
    See Also
    Özgen, “Lydian Treasure”; Baughan, “Lydian Burial Customs”.
    Bibliography
    Özgen and Öztürk 1996, no. 28.
    Author
    İÖ