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Gold recumbent lamb. (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul)
Gold recumbent lamb
The Lydians and their World
(2010)
Cat. 194
- Date
- Early 5th c BC?, Late Lydian (Persian)
- Museum
- Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 5289
- Museum Inventory No.
- 5289
- Material
- Gold
- Object Type
- Jewelry and Ornaments
- Site
- Gökçeler?
- Description
- The ram is shown lying left with head facing. The body is stamped with dot-in-circles. Divided hoofs and their differentiation from lower legs are articulated by indentations. A row of granulation granules or beaded wire encircles the base. Height 2.8 cm, length of body 2.9 cm, Weight 14.28 g.
- Comments
- The ram was made from a former, like bronze formers recovered near ancient Bagis and modern Güre in eastern Lydia (Özgen and Öztürk 1996, 212-214 nos. 189-191). Similar gold recumbent animals have been recovered from the tumulus at Ikiztepe near ancient Bagis and modern Güre in eastern Lydia, and on a small ornament from Sardis, probably an earring (No. 136) (Özgen and Öztürk 1996, 193-197 nos. 151-158; Waldbaum 1987: 122 no. 719). Unlike some examples, No. 194 has no collar.
- See Also
- Baughan, “Lydian Burial Customs”.
- Bibliography
- Özkan 1991, 135; Dedeoğlu 2003, 48, fig.; forthcoming study by C.H. Roosevelt.
- Author
- CHG