• latw-202-1
    Lekythos. (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul)

    Lekythos

    Date
    Probably fifth century BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
    Museum
    Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 9031
    Museum Inventory No.
    9031
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    P03.303
    Material
    Ceramic
    Object Type
    Pottery
    Pottery Shape
    Lekythos
    Pottery Ware
    Lydian Plainware
    Pottery Attribution
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    Nec
    Trench
    Tomb 03.1
    Locus
    Tomb 03.1 Locus 1
    Description
    Ovoid lekythos with flat, string-cut disc foot. Rim missing. Small knobs on each side of shoulder; between, handle scar. Unpainted. Preserved height 0.1378 m, diameter 0.0806 m.
    Comments
    Found outside the tomb containing Nos. 196-205; see comment on No. 203. With its vestigial knobs on the sides and central handle, the shape makes reference to a hydria (Ebbinghaus).
    See Also
    Baughan, “Lydian Burial Customs”.
    Bibliography
    Greenewalt 2005, 82-3; forthcoming study by Susanne Ebbinghaus.
    Author
    NDC