Terracotta architectural tiles excavated at Sardis. Lydian, 6th c BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection [4000×2252] [OC]

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[Architectural Tiles

Terracotta

Lydian, 6th century B.C. Excavated at Sardis

Gift of V. Everit Macy, 1911 11.216

Gift of The American Society for the Exploration of Sardis, 1926
26.164.1, .2, .16; 26.199.1, .2, .5—.10, .68

Decorated terracotta tiles were fixed to the roof line and upper walls of Lydian houses, as seen in the photograph of a re-created house at Sardis.

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Corner of a re-created Lydian building at Sardis, with modern tiles based on fragments found during excavation.]