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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 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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  • Late Corinthian Warrior Aryballos Fragments
    Late Corinthian Warrior Aryballos Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 139

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 570-550 BC (Lydian)

    Two small fragments, joined. Preserved from the lower shoulder to mid-body. Tongues on the shoulder (portions of six remain), followed by two horizontal lines of glaze. A single warrior facing to right in the belly frieze is preserved from his cap-sh...

  • One-Third of a Late Corinthian Warrior Aryballos
    One-Third of a Late Corinthian Warrior Aryballos

    M10 Cat. Cor 140

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 570-550 BC (Lydian)

    Early in LC. One-third of a round aryballos preserved from neck to base. Five tongues remain on the shoulder. Two shields with incised decoration and a single rosette with a simple crossed incision remain in the belly frieze. Glaze: very worn, but bl...

  • Nearly One-Half of a Late Corinthian Warrior Aryballos
    Nearly One-Half of a Late Corinthian Warrior Aryballos

    M10 Cat. Cor 141

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 570-550 BC (Lydian)

    Early in LC. Nearly one-half of a round aryballos, preserved from the shoulder to the base. Two sherds, joined. Warrior frieze with one warrior remaining. On the shoulder are the lower portions of six tongues with two glazed lines below. In the friez...

  • A Large Preserved Portion of a Late Corinthian Hailstone Warrior Aryballos
    A Large Preserved Portion of a Late Corinthian Hailstone Warrior Aryballos

    M10 Cat. Cor 142

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 570-550 BC (Lydian)

    Early in LC. A large portion, preserved from the shoulder to near the foot. The eighteen tongues remaining on the shoulder are long, thin, and spaced fairly evenly, but irregular in size. Three glazed lines appear below. On the belly is a frieze of w...

  • Late Corinthian Warrior Alabastron Fragment
    Late Corinthian Warrior Alabastron Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 143

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 570-550 BC ()

    Wall fragment. Two warrior friezes. In the upper frieze, a series of warriors walk to the right. Only portions of two men remain. The warriors hold large round shields that cover all but their helmets and legs. The shields are not compass-drawn and a...

  • Corinthianizing Kotyle Fragment
    Corinthianizing Kotyle Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 144

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    A small rim fragment with a strong inward curve at the top. Exterior: two bands of glaze appear near the rim, and three wiggles remain in the handle frieze. Below are portions of six horizontal bands. Glaze: exterior, red for the wiggle in the frieze...

  • Corinthianizing Alabastron Fragment
    Corinthianizing Alabastron Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 145

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Shoulder fragment. Stag (or dog?) in the silhouette technique, coursing to right, preserved from his haunch to near his antlered (?) head. The remains of a dot-in-circle rosette lie beneath the stag's belly. No incision. Glaze: light brown to black. ...

  • Lower Portion of a Corinthianizing Ovoid Aryballos
    Lower Portion of a Corinthianizing Ovoid Aryballos

    M10 Cat. Cor 146

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    (Lydian)

    Base and lower body, preserved from above the rays to the small foot. A band of glaze at the top followed by a reserved area with three thin lines. The tips of the thin rays touch the lowest line. The rays are carelessly drawn and their bases are not...

  • Corinthianizing Aryballos Fragment
    Corinthianizing Aryballos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 147

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    (Lydian)

    The top and neck. Exterior: an eight-pointed star. The tips of the uneven points impinge on the framing circle of glaze. The interior of the mouth is glazed. Glaze: dark orange. Clay: reddish in hue.

    The star pattern closely imitates Corinthian types ...

  • Corinthianizing Column-Krater Handle-Plate
    Corinthianizing Column-Krater Handle-Plate

    M10 Cat. Cor 148

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    (Lydian)

    Handle-plate, with the stump of the handle preserved. The plate is not square at the corners. A large bird to left in profile. The body is heavy and awkward, the neck short and the beak hooked like that of a vulture. It may be a unique representation...

  • Late Early Corinthian to Middle Corinthian Aryballos Fragment
    Late Early Corinthian to Middle Corinthian Aryballos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor App. 1

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 630-590 BC (Lydian)

    Notes: "Greenish yellow clay, black varnish, red overcolor, and incision.

    "On flat lip, radiating tongues; on edge of lip, traces of black stripe. On shoulder, tongue pattern and trace [or traces?] of 2 narrow bands, defining the main field. On bottom...

  • Late Corinthian Aryballos
    Late Corinthian Aryballos

    M10 Cat. Cor App. 2

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 570-550 BC ()

    Early in LC-I. Chase notes: “Pale, greenish yellow clay. Brown-black varnish. On bottom, broad circular band, followed by 3 narrow bands, the uppermost of which marks the bottom of the principal field. Above this, running below the base of the handle...