Gutter Spout
Gutter Spout

Currently not on view

Gutter Spout,

ca. 550 BCE

Lydian
1999-22.2

Information

Title
Gutter Spout
Dates

ca. 550 BCE

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
5.0-6.0 x 8.0 x 8.5 cm (1 15/16 - 2 3/8 x 3 1/8 x 3/ 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Sardis Excavation Society
Object Number
1999-22.2
Place Excavated

Turkey

Culture
Lydian
Type
waterspouts, fragments, architectural elements
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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