LATW Cat. 69

Organic

Organic

Mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Samples of carbonized foodstuffs from the Lydian houses in sector MMS-I (Cahill, “City of Sardis”), Areas 1, 3, and 4-6. These include wheat and barley, which would have been the staples of most ancient diets; tiny chickpeas; and carbonized garlic.

LATW Cat. 7

Sculpture

Stone

Ca. 2700-2000 BC (Early Bronze Age)

White stone idol of flat, abstract form with rounded, shovel-shaped body, stump arms, projecting neck, and disc-shaped head. Arms are delineated from body by notches on the sides and shallow grooves at the clavicles, the only apparent alterations to ...

LATW Cat. 70

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 600-550 BC (Lydian)

Broken and mended; one end of the vessel missing and restored. Broken and mended in antiquity (repair holes). Exterior: Orientalizing decoration in two registers, the upper register showing, on one side, hound chasing hare, on the other side three co...

LATW Cat. 71

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 600-550 BC (Lydian)

Broken and mended. Broken and repaired in antiquity (repair holes between water serpents). On rim, four symmetrically spaced lugs (two preserved, one attested by scar); flat disk foot. Over exterior, cream slip over which decoration in dark slip as f...

LATW Cat. 72

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Large waveline amphora. Small ring foot, ovoid body, slightly flaring neck with thickened lip. Two handles. Wavy line on neck; two wide diverging bands framing handles; symmetrical S-shaped tendril design on shoulder; wide streaky-glaze band on shoul...

LATW Cat. 73

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Ceramic column krater. Small flaring ring foot. Ovoid body with wide mouth, low flaring neck, horizontally everted rim. Two vertical loop handles from shoulder to rim, protruding just above rim. Body wall very thin at bottom, thickening at top. Red a...

LATW Cat. 74

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Globular ceramic oinochoe with trefoil rim. Ring foot, globular body, low neck with trefoil rim. Ridge around base of neck. Single rounded handle joins rim horizontally. Entire exterior and interior of neck coated in thin, slightly streaky red slip. ...

LATW Cat. 75

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Ceramic trefoil rim oinochoe. Plain disk foot, ovoid body, cylindrical neck with trefoil rim. Narrow high-swung strap handle. Rather poorly thrown, with major irregularities. Short, thick pendant petals on shoulder; two bands framing handle from neck...

LATW Cat. 76

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Large ceramic flask, meant to rest horizontally. Lentoid body thrown in two parts, very neatly joined with hardly a trace of a seam. Lower surface almost flat, upper convex. Neck with slightly thickened rim joined to one edge of body, angled slightly...

LATW Cat. 77

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Ceramic skyphos. Thin-walled conical foot, swelling body turning in slightly to plain rim. Two slightly upturned horizontal handles. Interior and exterior painted with slightly matte streaky-glaze, leaving an unpainted zone at the handles. Sets of th...

LATW Cat. 78

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Ceramic skyphos. Conical foot, gently curving body turning in slightly at top; plain rim. Two horizontal loop handles. Streaky-glaze over entire interior and exterior except for reserved band at handle zone. White bands on interior below rim and at b...

LATW Cat. 79

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Ceramic skyphos with white bands. Conical foot, gently curving body turning in slightly at top; plain rim. Two horizontal loop handles. Exterior and interior painted with thick glossy slip, with distinct stacking line. No reserved band at handle zone...

LATW Cat. 8

Metalwork

Copper, Bronze/Copper Alloy

(Early Bronze Age)

Copper or copper alloy. Broad, flat blade, roughly trapezoidal in shape. Blade end wider and slightly rounded; butt end rectangular and narrower for hafting.

LATW Cat. 80

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Tiny black ceramic skyphos. Conical foot, gently curving body turning in slightly at top; plain rim. Two horizontal loop handles. Black slightly streaky glaze on interior and exterior, including handle zone. White bands just below rim interior and ex...

LATW Cat. 81

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Ceramic kantharos. Flaring ring foot, ovoid lower body with high cylindrical neck and plain slightly everted rim. Two small upswung strap handles. White slip over upper body, dribbled onto lower body. Orange rays pendant from rim; petals pendant from...

LATW Cat. 82

Pottery, Graffito

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Ceramic stemmed dish with flaring foot, plain stem, relatively deep plate with upturned lip. Matte eroded dark streaky-glaze on floor of plate, outside of rim, lower stem and foot. Graffiti: on bottom of plate, a carefully incised deer, leaping up an...

LATW Cat. 83

Pottery, Graffito

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Ceramic stemmed dish with flaring foot, plain stem, relatively flat plate with upturned lip. Thick slip on interior, orange on one side, fired or burned differently on other side to a streaky orange-brown. Four sets of black spirals on the interior o...

LATW Cat. 84

Pottery, Graffito

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Ceramic stemmed dish with flat, square-lipped flaring foot, plain stem, plate with upturned lip. Dark streaky-glaze on interior, with three sets of almost invisible matte black spirals. Interior quite worn and somewhat eroded. “Snake” graffito on int...

LATW Cat. 85

Pottery, Graffito

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Ceramic stemmed dish with flaring foot, plain stem, plate with upturned lip. Orange to brown streaky-glaze on interior, with four sets of matte black spirals. Two similar graffiti incised on bottom of plate with fine tool, one with circle, line and r...

LATW Cat. 86

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Closed vessel in the shape of a duck, built of four wheel-made pieces with plastic additions. Flaring conical foot. Body was thrown as a bowl, then elongated, folded and cut. Semi-naturalistic head turned to left. Small horizontal tail. Cylindrical s...

LATW Cat. 87

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Lydian pyxis. Rather narrow ring foot, cylindrical central body separated from conical shoulder and lower body by beveled ridges, made and applied separately. Low vertical neck with squared rim. Scars of two basket handles on shoulder. Neck and lower...

LATW Cat. 88

Lamp

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Open lamp, with horizontal rim with slight vertical edge. Large nozzle, showing traces of burning, flanked by two small pointed projections. High central cone. Painted bands at bottom of body, nozzle, top of rim, four bands on horizontal lip, one on ...

LATW Cat. 89

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Lid with orientalizing decoration. Tall body with almost vertical lower walls turning to slightly convex upper body. Handle in form of tall, slightly flaring ring. Exterior painted with creamy white slip, divided up into four zones, separated by wide...

LATW Cat. 9

Metalwork

Copper, Bronze/Copper Alloy

Ca. 2500–2000 BC (Early Bronze Age)

Copper or copper alloy. Long, lozenge-shaped blade with rounded butt end with no rivet hole and tapered point. Widest part of blade nearest haft.

LATW Cat. 90

Pottery

Ceramic

600-570 BC (Lydian)

Pottery broken, mended, and partly restored. Exterior covered with cream slip over which decoration in reddish and dark brown-grey slip as follows: on rim, pattern band of alternating circles and dots and criss-crosses and dots, separated by pairs of...