Cover tile
Cover tile

Currently not on view

Cover tile,

ca. 550 BCE

Lydian
1999-19.17

Information

Title
Cover tile
Dates

ca. 550 BCE

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
16.5 x 8.5 cm, th. 1.3–2.5 cm (6 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Sardis Excavation Society
Object Number
1999-19.17
Place Excavated

Turkey

Culture
Lydian
Type
fragments, architectural elements, cover tile
Materials
terracotta, slip
Subject
lozenges, geometric patterns

Excavated at Sardis between 1910 and 1914, with a final season in 1922; given to the Museum by the Sardis Excavation Committee

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