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This area allows you to search for and learn about artifacts published by the Sardis Expedition. Currently (2020) the database consists of artifacts in the exhibition and catalog “The Lydians and Their World” (Yapı Kredi Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul, 2010); Judith Schaeffer, Nancy Hirschland Ramage, and Crawford H. Greenewalt, jr., Sardis M10: Corinthian, Attic, and Lakonian Pottery; Jane Evans, Sardis M13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts; Georg Petzl, Sardis M14: Greek and Latin Inscriptions, Part II: Finds from 1958 to 2017; G.M.A. Hanfmann ve N.H. Ramage, Sardis R2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975; and A. Ramage, N.H. Ramage, ve Gül Gürtekin-Demir, Sardis R8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis. In coming years we intend to add objects from other Sardis Reports and Monographs.

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Select an object type from the list below. Certain object types (including architectural terracottas, coins, pottery, sculpture) include subtypes (shape and ware of pottery, denomination and mint of coins) to refine your search.

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Select a Sardis CATNUM from the list below. CATNUM is made up from object type, year, and sequential number. BI = Bone Implement; G = Glass; J = Jewelry; L = Lamp; M = Metal; NoEx = not excavated; Org = Organic; P = Pottery; S = Sculpture. Coins are numbered with the year of discovery and a running number, or year, C, and a running number. Currently (Feb. 2020) this doesn't give a complete list, only the first 99 entries; to find a specific CATNUM, please use the full-text search at the top of the page.

Select a historical period from the (alphabetical) list below. Note that periods are defined culturally rather than politically, so Lydian (rather than Archaic) refers to the period ca. 800 BC - ca. 547 BC; Late Lydian or Persian (rather than Late Archaic or Classical) from ca. 547 until ca. 330 BC; Hellenistic until the earthquake of 17 AD; Roman and Late Roman continue until the early 7th century AD, except for coins where, as traditional, Prof. Evans begins the Byzantine period in the 6th century.

Select a publication name from the list below. LATW = Lydians and Their World (2010). R2 = Hanfmann and Ramage, Sculpture from Sardis (1978). R8 = A. Ramage, N.H. Ramage, ve Gül Gürtekin-Demir, Sardis R8: Ordinary Lydians at Home: The Lydian Trenches of the House of Bronzes and Pactolus Cliff at Sardis (2021). M10 = Schaeffer, Ramage, and Greenewalt, The Corinthian, Attic, and Pottery from Sardis (1997). M13 = Evans, Coins from the Excavations at Sardis, 1973-2013 (2018). M14 = Petzl, Sardis: Greek and Latin Inscriptions, Part II (2019).

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The stratigraphic contexts (findspots) of artifacts from Sardis are recorded at different levels of specificity. Sector is the most general, referring to a broad area of the city. Trenches are yearly excavation areas (in current usage) or more specific areas of sectors (in early records which used a different excavation system). A Locus is a single stratigraphic unit, i.e. a single deposit of soil, a destruction level, a grave, a dump or other deposit. For instance, MMS-I 84.1 Locus 34 is the destruction level from one room of a Lydian house just inside the fortification wall in sector MMS, containing a rich deposit of Lydian pottery and other artifacts. Note that loci can be continued over a number of years, and so belong to different trenches, if the same stratigraphic unit is excavated over a number of years. For a list of sectors see Hanfmann and Waldbaum, A Survey of Sardis and the Major Monuments Outside the City Walls (Sardis R1, 1975), 13-16. Currently (2020) in order to search for a specific locus, you must search for Trench first to narrow the results, and then search within that for the locus. Sorry.

The stratigraphic contexts (findspots) of artifacts from Sardis are recorded at different levels of specificity. Sector is the most general, referring to a broad area of the city. Trenches are yearly excavation areas (in current usage) or more specific areas of sectors (in early records which used a different excavation system). A Locus is a single stratigraphic unit, i.e. a single deposit of soil, a destruction level, a grave, a dump or other deposit. For instance, MMS-I 84.1 Locus 34 is the destruction level from one room of a Lydian house just inside the fortification wall in sector MMS, containing a rich deposit of Lydian pottery and other artifacts. Note that loci can be continued over a number of years, and so belong to different trenches, if the same stratigraphic unit is excavated over a number of years. For a list of sectors see Hanfmann and Waldbaum, A Survey of Sardis and the Major Monuments Outside the City Walls (Sardis R1, 1975), 13-16. Currently (2020) in order to search for a specific locus, you must search for Trench first to narrow the results, and then search within that for the locus. Sorry.

The stratigraphic contexts (findspots) of artifacts from Sardis are recorded at different levels of specificity. Sector is the most general, referring to a broad area of the city. Trenches are yearly excavation areas (in current usage) or more specific areas of sectors (in early records which used a different excavation system). A Locus is a single stratigraphic unit, i.e. a single deposit of soil, a destruction level, a grave, a dump or other deposit. For instance, MMS-I 84.1 Locus 34 is the destruction level from one room of a Lydian house just inside the fortification wall in sector MMS, containing a rich deposit of Lydian pottery and other artifacts. Note that loci can be continued over a number of years, and so belong to different trenches, if the same stratigraphic unit is excavated over a number of years. For a list of sectors see Hanfmann and Waldbaum, A Survey of Sardis and the Major Monuments Outside the City Walls (Sardis R1, 1975), 13-16. Currently (2020) in order to search for a specific locus, you must search for Trench first to narrow the results, and then search within that for the locus. Sorry.

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  • Fragment of a Middle Corinthian Vessel of Uncertain Shape
    Fragment of a Middle Corinthian Vessel of Uncertain Shape

    M10 Cat. Cor 127

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Wall fragment. A part of the haunch and the tail of a feline, probably a panther, facing to left. Two incisions mark the join of the tail and body, and a long, curving incision separates the buttocks. There are two horizontal incisions with upturned ...

  • Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragment
    Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 128

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Small wall fragment. Animal frieze. The ends of a series of vertical bars appear above the ear of the panther in the handle zone (compare Cor 129). Below the bars are two glazed lines. Beneath these, in the belly frieze, is a panther facing to right,...

  • Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragment
    Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 129

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Fragment from the rim and body. Animal frieze. A single line of glaze appears on the rim. Below, in the handle zone, is a series of vertical bars, and below these, two horizontal lines. In the belly frieze, an animal, perhaps a feline, walks to the l...

  • Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragment
    Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 130

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    The foot and a portion of the lower wall from a large kotyle. The lower portions of a series of thin wobbly rays with the bases placed fairly close together. The rays spring from a solid band of glaze covering both the join of the foot and the foot p...

  • Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragments
    Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 131

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Probably MC. Two small fragments from the wall, joined. Exterior: the figure is very fragmentary and the subject is uncertain. It may be a portion of a bird's wing and the haunch of a panther. Large incised rosettes of nebulous form appear in the fie...

  • Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragment
    Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 132

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Small wall fragment. Exterior: animal frieze. Only the midsection of one animal is preserved. The ribs are represented by five nearly vertical incisions. A straight line is used to indicate the belly. Added red on the belly. A round, incised blob fil...

  • Middle Corinthian Krater Fragments
    Middle Corinthian Krater Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 133

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Two fragments from the shoulder of a large krater, almost joining. Exterior: a bearded siren with head to left and wings outstretched. Added red on the wide wing bars of the siren. A goose, facing to right, with a long arched neck, stands to the side...

  • Middle Corinthian Krater Fragments
    Middle Corinthian Krater Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 134

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Two joined fragments from the rim and neck. Five units of addorsed lotus-palmette chain remain on the top of the rim. These vary in size and shape. The incision is executed quickly and carelessly. On the side of the rim is a stepped zigzag pattern wi...

  • Middle Corinthian Krater Fragments
    Middle Corinthian Krater Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 135

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Probably late in MC. Two fragments from the wall near the handle, joined. The head of a goose (or swan) on the left but facing right, next to the haunch and tail of a feline. The eye of the goose (or swan) is composed of two concentric circles. Large...

  • Middle Corinthian Aryballos Fragments
    Middle Corinthian Aryballos Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 136

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Probably late in MC. Two fragments from the lower body and base, joined. A portion of a bird, perhaps a rooster, to right. There is a large incised rosette in the field, as well as blob fillers. Beneath the bird are three thin, parallel lines of blac...

  • Middle Corinthian Aryballos Fragment
    Middle Corinthian Aryballos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 137

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Late in MC. A fragment from the shoulder. Tongues with spatulate ends radiate from a circle of glaze around the neck. Portions of seven tongues are preserved. Below the tongues are two horizontal lines followed by two rows of false checkerboard patte...

  • Middle Corinthian Aryballos Fragment
    Middle Corinthian Aryballos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 138

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-550 BC (Lydian)

    Late in MC or early in LC. Wall fragment. A portion of a quadruple lotus with crosshatched leaves in the shape of cones. Glaze: dark brown and uneven. Clay: fairly hard and smooth. Pale brown. Munsell no. 10 YR 6/2 (light brownish gray).

    The clay is u...