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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 an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 61

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 550-530 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment. Exterior: reserved band with two dancing men, who move to the left but turn their heads back to the right. Incision for the round eye, eyebrow, ear, and the edge of hair. A white fillet (?), now worn off, around the neck of the man at left....

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 62

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 540-530 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragments. Exterior: reserved band with the hind legs of a horse. Two short incised lines across the top of the legs. Narrow reserved band below. Interior: part of reserved tondo preserved. Two other small fragments preserved. (Appendix 2, sample AP ...

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 63

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Fragment of rim and small part of reserved band on exterior. Thin reserved band inside the rim. Only top of head preserved.

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 64

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Fragment of rim and small part of reserved band on exterior. Thin reserved band inside the rim. Only top of head preserved.

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Droop Cup (?)
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Droop Cup (?)

    M10 Cat. Att 65

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 540-510 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment. Exterior: upright interlaced lotus buds on reserved handle zone. Interior glazed.

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Cassel Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Cassel Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 66

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 530 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment. Exterior: alternating added purple and black tongues, encircled by three lines, two rows of small dots, and three more concentric circles. Part of a figure is preserved at the top of the fragment. Interior glazed. The combination occurs on ...

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Cassel Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Cassel Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 67

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 530-500 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of lip. Exterior: black-glaze band at the rim and another narrow band over alternating purple and black tongues separated by vertical lines. Three more narrow horizontal lines and upper part of an ivy wreath. Interior: reserved band near the...

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Type A Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Type A Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 68

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    525-500 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of bowl of an eye cup. The inner corner of a left eye partially preserved and, to the right, the small heel of a dancing figure. Sclera of the eye reserved. The second band of the eye was originally covered with white. Interior: black glazed...

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Type A Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Type A Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 69

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 500 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of bowl of an eye cup. Three circles of iris and pupil, from outside inward: added white, added purple, and black. A thin line above is the eyebrow. Trace of black lip at top. Interior: black glazed.

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Type A Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Type A Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 70

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    early 5th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of rim and bowl. Exterior: Dionysus, reclining on his left elbow, looks to left over his right shoulder. Right hand may be holding a cup. Drapery falls over his left shoulder. He is bearded and wears an ivy wreath. Added red is used for bear...

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Type A (?) Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Type A (?) Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 71

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Fragment of bowl. Exterior: draped buttocks (?) behind a bed (?) or chariot (?). Indistinct remains. Drapery lines and two horizontal lines in front of the figure are incised. Interior: black glaze.

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Type A (?) Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Type A (?) Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 72

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Fragment of body. Exterior: torso of an old man, bearded, with his head turned to the left. His beard has incised strokes and was painted white. His right arm, crossing his body, holds a staff. He wears a robe with a double line at the neck and a flo...