Spouted, boat-shaped vessel with Lydian inscription
Spouted, boat-shaped vessel with Lydian inscription
Spouted, boat-shaped vessel with Lydian inscription
Spouted, boat-shaped vessel with Lydian inscription
Spouted, boat-shaped vessel with Lydian inscription
Spouted, boat-shaped vessel with Lydian inscription

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Ancient Mediterranean Art

Spouted, boat-shaped vessel with Lydian inscription,

late 7th–early 6th centuries BCE

Lydian
Orientalizing Period or Archaic Period, ca. 600–480 BCE, ca. 750–575 BCE
y1929-195

Information

Title
Spouted, boat-shaped vessel with Lydian inscription
Dates

late 7th–early 6th centuries BCE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
12.2 x 30.5 x 14.0 cm (4 13/16 x 12 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Sardis Society
Object Number
y1929-195
Place Made

Turkey, Lydia, western Anatolia

Place Excavated

Turkey, Sardis

Inscription
Inscription [in Lydian] incised before firing, at right end facing spout.
Culture
Lydian
Period
Orientalizing, Archaic (Greek)
Type
vessels (containers), ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
inscriptions, spouts

Excavated at Sardis; given to the Museum collection by the American Sardis Society in 1929

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