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Very heavy silver ring of horseshoe shape with an oval hematite (?) intaglio mounted on a swivel (No. 127)Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul
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Silver ram “pendant,” from an Early Bronze Age pithos burial at Eski Balıkhane (EB 69.3), No. 1.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Brian Castriota using the conservation laser in 2018 to remove corrosion from a small silver coin, identified as an early fifth-century BC tetartemorion from Teos.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Silver side-spouted dish with strainer and Phrygian inscription, from a tomb near Bagis (and present Güre, in the province of Uşak; No. 172)Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul
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“Asia Minor Light-Colored Ware” plate with crossLATW Cat. 220
Pottery
Ceramic
6th - early 7th c (Late Roman)
Small plate. High ring foot, sharply carinated shallow body. Decorated in champlevé technique, with cross within decorative bands. The carved decoration is notably off-center. Diameter 0.13 m, height 0.035 m.
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Gold Croeseid Twelfth-StaterLATW Cat. 27
Coin
Gold
Second quarter of 6th c BC (Lydian)
Gold croeseid twelfth-stater. Obverse: confronted foreparts of lion and bull. Reverse: single incuse punch. Weight 0.88 g, diameter 7.2 mm.
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Cooking potLATW Cat. 61
Pottery
Ceramic
Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)
Ceramic cooking pot (chytra) of clay, with many fine sand inclusions to prevent the vessel from cracking when placed on the fire (cookingware). Flat bottom, globular body, thickened rim. High-swung strap handle. Intact. Height 0.133 m, diameter of ri...
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Electrum Third-StaterLATW Cat. 25
Coin
Electrum
Ca. 630-560 BC (Lydian)
Electrum coin, of one-third stater weight. Obverse: roaring lion head facing right. Reverse: two incuse punches. Weight: 4.71 g.
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Inscribed Block (reused as threshold in a modern house): Inscription Commemorating ContributionsM14 Cat. 569
Architecture, Inscription
Marble, Stone
Probably Hellenistic. (Hellenistic)
Marble, at the time of the original publication, serving as threshold in a house. - “ἐν χωρίῳ Τατάρ”, cf. 683, lemma.
