Jewelry form in shape of recumbent ram
The Lydians and their World
(2010)
Cat. 187
- Date
- Late 6th or early 5th c BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
- Museum
- Uşak, Archaeological Museum, 1.170.96
- Museum Inventory No.
- 1.170.96
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- Uşak 1.170.96
- Material
- Bronze/Copper Alloy
- Object Type
- Metalwork
- Metalwork Type
- Object Associated with Metalworking
- Description
- The former is for the figure of a recumbent young ram, lying left, with head facing. Pointed horns project backwards above tiny ears. The shaft is cylindrical.
Although these cast bronze formers (Özgen and Öztürk 1996, nos. 189, 190, and 191) were no doubt used for animal figures similar to Özgen and Öztürk 1996, nos. 151-158, none of the formers matches the animal figures in the collection. The figurines would have been produced in two halves using two sheets of metal, one impressed with the details of the front half of the former, the other the back, and joined down the central seam” (Özgen and Öztürk 1996) Height 0.081 m, length of animal 0.037 m, weight 161.9 g.
- Comments
- One of three formers for recumbent animals found with the Lydian Treasure, provenience unknown. Cf. the recumbent lambs Nos. 136, 140, 184, 185, and 186. These tools for jewelry manufacture prove that such recumbent animals were produced in Lydia (and, as Kerschner suggests, in neighboring regions); they seem to be a Lydian specialty.
- See Also
- Kerschner, “Lydians and Ionians”.
- Bibliography
- Özgen and Öztürk 1996, no. 189.
- Author
- İÖ