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Gold brooch in form of six bow-coils. (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul)
Gold brooch in form of six bow-coils
The Lydians and their World
(2010)
Cat. 179
- Date
- Late 6th or early 5th c BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
- Museum
- Uşak, Archaeological Museum, 1.158.96
- Museum Inventory No.
- 1.158.96
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- Uşak 1.158.96
- Material
- Gold
- Object Type
- Metalwork, Jewelry and Ornaments
- Metalwork Type
- Jewelry
- Description
- The brooch has an elongated composition of six bow-coils, arranged symmetrically, with two large bow-coils set back to back at the center and two at each end which form points. The bow-coils are outlined by granular beading, and there are two double rows of beading across the width. There is a raised filling between each pair of bow-coils and in the circle within each coil. There the adjacent coils meet at a granule. The brooch is backed by sheet cut to the same outline, to which is soldered a clasp and pin (Özgen and Öztürk 1996). Length 0.033 m, width 0.016 m, weight 4.2 g.
- Comments
- From the Lydian Treasure, provenience unknown.
- See Also
- Özgen, “Lydian Treasure”; Kerschner, “Lydians and Ionians”; Meriçboyu, “Lydian Jewelry”.
- Bibliography
- Özgen and Öztürk 1996, no. 177; Meriçboyu 2001, 66.
- Author
- İÖ