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Electrum recumbent animal. (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul) -
Electrum recumbent animal, back view. (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul)
Electrum recumbent animal
The Lydians and their World
(2010)
Cat. 184
- Date
- Late 6th or early 5th c BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
- Museum
- Uşak, Archaeological Museum, 1.133.96
- Museum Inventory No.
- 1.133.96
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- Uşak 1.133.96
- Material
- Electrum
- Object Type
- Jewelry and Ornaments
- Description
- The animal is shown lying right, with head facing, and legs folded beneath the body. It has a flat oval base edged with beaded wire. It can be seen clearly that the animal was made in two halves, with the edge of the back half overlapping the front. There are no diagnostic features to enable identification of the genus or species of the animal (Özgen and Öztürk 1996). Height 0.011 m, length of base 0.011 m, weight 0.87 g.
- Comments
- From the Lydian Treasure, provenience unknown. Compare examples from Sardis, No. 136, and Ephesus, No. 140. The former No. 187 was used to make such examples, proving that they were made in Lydia.
- See Also
- Baughan, “Lydian Burial Customs”; Özgen, “Lydian Treasure”; Kerschner, “Lydians and Ionians”; Meriçboyu, “Lydian Jewelry”.
- Bibliography
- Özgen and Öztürk 1996, no. 155.
- Author
- İÖ