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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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  • Recumbent Lion on Plinth, South-West Corner of Altar
    Recumbent Lion on Plinth, South-West Corner of Altar

    R2 Cat. 29

    Sculpture

    Sandstone, Stone

    570-560 BC (Lydian)

    The two and one half recumbent lions which follow (Cat. 27, Cat. 28, Cat. 29 Figs. 105-117) are from the altar of Kuvava (H. 1.73; L. 3.10; W. 2.05) in the sector PN. They are of very crumbly sandstone. A sample of Cat. 28 (taken Aug. 14, 1975) was d...

  • Hindquarters of Small Archaic Recumbent Lion
    Hindquarters of Small Archaic Recumbent Lion

    R2 Cat. 30

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    560-550 BC (Lydian)

    The lion lies on a shallow plinth which follows his shape. The tail comes up over the rump and curls in, tucked between the r. knee and body, then blends into the rump at back. The feet are carefully worked, showing the claws. The back and legs are w...

  • Large Recumbent Lion
    Large Recumbent Lion

    R2 Cat. 31

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    Ca. 560-550 (Lydian)

    The recumbent archaic lion on a plinth has a tail starting as a faint “fat sheep” rise with dividing pattern. It is slung up over the l. hind leg. The head faces forward with mouth open and tongue lying flat. Deeply grooved whiskers are delineated by...

  • Fragment of Colossal Lion’s Foot
    Fragment of Colossal Lion’s Foot

    R2 Cat. 32

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    Ca. 560-550 BC (Lydian)

    The leg and paw from a reclining lion are extended flat on the worked surface of a base. There are large flat chisel strokes on the leg, which is finished with multiple chisel cross strokes. The exterior of the base shows large point and gouge. Acco...

  • Lion’s Right Foot on Plinth
    Lion’s Right Foot on Plinth

    R2 Cat. 33

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    Ca. 550 BC? (Lydian)

    The front of the plinth is flat. The surface is covered with claw chisel marks. The leg and paw appear to be lying flat on the surface of the plinth and are, therefore, from a reclining lion. The workmanship is all flat chisel on the claws and base. ...

  • Lioness
    Lioness

    R2 Cat. 34

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    550-530 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    The recumbent lioness is roaring. A collar mane frames her face below the ears. The very linear, triangular, incised locks are lancet-like on the mane, leaf-like on the chest. The tail is slung over the r. hindquarter. Large hind paws with toes are i...

  • Marble Sculpture of a Recumbent Lion
    Marble Sculpture of a Recumbent Lion

    R2 Cat. 35

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    Ca. 540 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    The outline of the lion's foreleg is linear as is the rendering of the hair, with incised laurel-leaf-shaped locks for the chest mane. The tail goes under and around the l. haunch, as in Cat. 31 (Fig. 119). There is a fold of flesh at the hock of the...

  • Acroterion (?), Small Recumbent Lion from Corner of Archaic Sarcophagus Lid
    Acroterion (?), Small Recumbent Lion from Corner of Archaic Sarcophagus Lid

    R2 Cat. 36

    Sculpture, Sarcophagus

    Marble, Stone

    Ca. 500 BC? (Late Lydian (Persian)?)

    In the break of the r. side of the lion there is seen an oblique surface which rises markedly to the proper r. The lion lies on a "base." It has a fat, massive chest and shoulders, short hind legs, with incised claws on the l. hind leg. The l. should...

  • Lion’s Paw
    Lion’s Paw

    R2 Cat. 37

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    Late 6th or 5th C. BC (Lydian)

    The piece has an interesting stylization of the upper parts of the lion’s claws as a flat band and a similarly ornamental flat band at the back of the leg. The paw is well modeled with high rounded forms of toes. No rough drill was used. It is not a ...

  • Marble Sculpture of a Walking Lion
    Marble Sculpture of a Walking Lion

    R2 Cat. 38

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    Ca. 350-330 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    The large rounded muscles of the shoulders, body, and hind legs are shown in motion. The mane had a halo-like arrangement radiating around the face, then descending in a triangle over the chest. Upright head and entire chest were turned to his r. A b...

  • Part of Frame with Walking Lion
    Part of Frame with Walking Lion

    R2 Cat. 39

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    Ca. 400 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    The fragment has a thin, fine low relief of a lion walking to the r. on a thin, straight ground line. The relief comes from a horizontal band-like part which was the top section of a rather small frame. A bit of projection on the smooth underside ind...

  • Lower Part of Archaic Siren
    Lower Part of Archaic Siren

    R2 Cat. 40

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    530-500 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Going all around from sex to tail are rows of downward-pointed feathers stylized in leaf-like shapes. Each leaf is oval with median rib. Two vertical rows fill out the triangle between the side feathers and tail on the proper l. They are somewhat bet...