LATW Cat. 213

Metalwork

Iron

Ca. 570-540s BC (Lydian)

Iron. Adhering to the blade is part of an iron sieve or filter. Blade and “wrap-around” handle socket were made together. Preserved length 0.27 m, maximum width 0.035 m (blade length 0.22 m; handle socket length 0.05 m).

LATW Cat. 214

Metalwork

Iron, Bronze/Copper Alloy

Ca. 570-540s BC (Lydian)

Bronze arrowheads have sockets and are leaf-shaped (some with high, others with tapering “shoulders”) and trilobate; iron arrowheads have tangs and are triangular and four-sided. Lengths vary between 0.034 m and 0.052 m.

LATW Cat. 215

Metalwork

Lead

401-395 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

Lead, of almond shape. On the longitudinal center of one side, a text of eight legible raised letters in Greek gives ΤΙCCΑΦΕΡ.Ε... Length 36 mm, weight 40.423 g.

LATW Cat. 216

Pottery

Ceramic

Late Hellenistic (Hellenistic)

Pottery, broken, mended, partly restored. The finial of the lid has a central opening. One body handle missing and restored. Body is partly mold-made. White slip on exterior surfaces, over which decoration in reddish-orange to dark-sepia slip. On eit...

LATW Cat. 217

Pottery

Ceramic

Late Hellenistic (Hellenistic)

Pottery, broken, mended, partly restored. Handles in the form of standing ithyphallic satyrs (facing outward, i.e. away from the vase). On the lower body, below each handle, a spout in the form of a mask or lion head. On exterior and interior of neck...

LATW Cat. 218

Lamp

Ceramic

Second to early first century BC (Hellenistic)

Hellenistic ceramic mold-made lamp. Wheel-made body, concave discus with large central hole, three smaller holes around, probably to allow air to escape while filling the lamp. Handle broken; two knobs on sides of lamp. Flaring nozzle. Thin matte gra...

LATW Cat. 219

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Third to fifth century AD (Late Roman)

Head broken at neck. Framing the forehead “are three separate masses of hair…one in the center made up of two separate tiers, and two at the sides.…The forehead is plastically modeled with two horizontal bony masses.…Upon the surface are incised hori...

LATW Cat. 22

Coin, Inscription

Electrum

Ca. 630-575 BC (Lydian)

Electrum coin of one-third stater weight (Ephesus Excavations Inventory ART 86/K345). Obverse: boar head facing left. At the left of the head are the Lydian letters of a partially preserved name, ...]L?ATE[..., and the tip of the snout and tusk of a...

LATW 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.

LATW Cat. 221

Pottery

Ceramic

Late 5th to 6th c (Late Roman)

Large lentoid flask. Two handles from shoulder to neck. Mold made in two pieces; wheel-made neck and handles added separately. Decoration in relief on two sides. Side A: cross within circle, with two hares below, one resting forelegs on cross, the ot...

LATW Cat. 222

Metalwork

Bronze/Copper Alloy

5th to 7th c (Late Roman)

Rectangular bronze scoop, with socket on back for a handle. On the sides are two dolphins with arching tails attached to the scoop by rods round in section. Rising from the tails of the dolphins is an arch framing a cross, forming the back of the sco...

LATW Cat. 223

Metalwork, Lamp

Bronze/Copper Alloy

5th to 7th c (Late Roman)

Lamp in the form of a lion, striding forward and holding a shell-shaped spout in his open mouth. A hole at the top of the mane, covered by a separately made hinged lid, allowed the lamp to be filled. A ring and loop just in front of the filling hole ...

LATW Cat. 224

Metalwork

Bronze/Copper Alloy

5th to 7th c, with early 7th c context suggesting 6th to 7th c (Late Roman)

Two small, nearly identical lion’s heads, with flat backs for attachments to some other object, such as a chest or piece of furniture. The heads are simply rendered, with round ears, long muzzles, and open mouths that may have held ring handles. Rath...

LATW Cat. 225

Pottery

Ceramic

Thirteenth century AD (Byzantine)

Fragments from the center of a bowl with ring foot, about two-thirds complete. Interior, dark yellow glaze with incised sgraffito decoration in dark brown, showing three lanceolate leaves, connected by their stems.

LATW Cat. 226

Pottery

Ceramic

Twelfth century AD (Byzantine)

Fragments from the center of a bowl. Interior, pale yellow glaze with fine sgraffito decoration in brown. Surrounding a plain center is a border, framed by two narrow bands, which features a pattern of two continuous curvilinear ribbons, one of swage...

LATW Cat. 227

Pottery

Ceramic

Twelfth to thirteenth centuries AD (Byzantine)

Fragmentary bowl. Interior, cream glaze with green-brown sgraffito decoration. A central disk features a cross with arms each terminating in a lily, and with intervals filled with fleurs-de-lis pointing inward and spaces filled with dark brown. At th...

LATW Cat. 228

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 1540-1560 AD (Islamic)

Dish with low, flaring foot ring, shallow, concave sides, and flange rim. Body of hard, rather coarse white (Munsell 5Y 8/1) clay with thin, white slip on both interior and exterior. Design underglaze painted in sage green, azure, and turquoise, with...

LATW Cat. 229

Pottery

Ceramic

Late-fourteenth or fifteenth century AD (Islamic)

Fragment of thickly potted “Miletus” ware bowl with low, flaring foot ring and high, concave sides; rim missing. Body of coarse, porous, pink (Munsell 7.5YR 7/4) earthenware with white slip on interior and on exterior to two cm. above the foot ring. ...

LATW Cat. 23

Coin

Electrum

Ca. 630-615 BC (the terminus ante quem of Ca. 615 BC is certain from the stratigraphic context) (Lydian)

Electrum coin of one twenty-fourth stater weight (Ephesus Excavations Inventory ART 94/K277). Obverse: four-clawed lion’s paw. Reverse: single punch. Weight: 0.56 g.

LATW Cat. 230

Pottery

Ceramic

Probably fourteenth or fifteenth century AD (Islamic)

Largely complete high-footed small bowl. Earthenware darkened from reducing atmosphere in kiln or accidental burning. Slip now dark grey. Inside, incised patterns: from center, a six-armed cross with double half rosettes between arms, all inscribed w...

LATW Cat. 231

Pottery

Ceramic

Probably fourteenth or fifteenth century AD (Islamic)

Large fragment of thickly potted, color splashed sgraffito bowl with low, flaring foot ring, deep, concave sides, and everted rim. Body of porous, coarse, fairly hard, yellowish red (Munsell 5YR 5/6) earthenware. Slipped on both interior and exterior...

LATW Cat. 232

Pottery

Ceramic

Probably fifteenth century AD (Islamic)

Fragments of base, side and rim of gold glazed sgraffito bowl; of which only center parts are displayed in this Exhibition. Body of porous, red earthenware slipped white on the interior. Slip incised with pattern of large bud-like forms or abstract l...

LATW Cat. 24_1-24_26

Coin

Electrum

Ca. 610-560 BC (Lydian)

Twenty-six electrum coins, of one-third stater weight (Gordion inventory numbers 1078-1103). Obverse: roaring lion head facing right. Reverse: two incuse punches. Countermarks on edges of 1078 and 1079. Weight: 4.75 g; except for 1078, 1083-1085, and...

LATW Cat. 24_27

Coin

Electrum

Ca. 610-560 BC (Lydian)

One electrum coin of sixth-stater weight (Gordion inventory number 1104). Obverse: roaring lion head facing right. Reverse: single punch. Weight 2.35 g.

LATW Cat. 24_28-24_45

Coin

Electrum

Ca. 610-560 BC (Lydian)

Eighteen electrum coins of twelfth-stater weight (Gordion inventory Nos. 1105-1122). Obverse: roaring lion head facing right. Reverse: single punch. Countermarks on Nos. 1105, 1120-1122. Weight 1.20 g.