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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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  • Portrait of Sabina (?)
    Portrait of Sabina (?)

    R2 Cat. 78

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    Ca. 120 AD? (Roman)

    The portrait shows a lady wearing a diadem and a veil which hangs down on both sides of the head in several folds. The back of the veil is only very roughly worked, suggesting that the piece was intended for display against a wall.

    The piece is mounte...

  • Lower Face and Neck of Antoninus Pius
    Lower Face and Neck of Antoninus Pius

    R2 Cat. 79

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    2nd C. AD (Roman)

    In the top of the head is a lozenge-shaped cutting ca. 0.20 by 0.12, ca. 0.04 deep, done with oblique strokes of large point. The “dowel” hole may be for insertion of rough stone peg, irregularly tapering downward from 0.065 at top to 0.025 at bottom...

  • Locks, Possibly from Right Side of Head of Antoninus Pius
    Locks, Possibly from Right Side of Head of Antoninus Pius

    R2 Cat. 80

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    Ca. 140 AD (Roman)

    Inside chiseled in curve and rough-pointed to fit a core or another piece. The plastic mass of locks rises ca. 0.12-0.15 above original skin line. Abundant use of whirling drill pattern, deeply drilled and gouged holes, circular and triangular.

    F. Pra...

  • Crown of Head with Part of Diadem and Locks
    Crown of Head with Part of Diadem and Locks

    R2 Cat. 81

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    2nd C. AD (Roman)

    As E. Gombosi pointed out, this is the l. back part of the head, as indicated by the direction of the locks. Zone of locks above diadem is worked only with chisel; diadem shows claw chisel in some places. Below diadem strongly raised locks with much ...

  • Part of Left Hand
    Part of Left Hand

    R2 Cat. 82

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    2nd C. AD (Roman)

    Part of l. hand with stumps of the little, the fourth and the third fingers, bent as if grasping an attribute. Fine veins are indicated by angular rises under the skin. Position of the hand will fit a scepter or lance; cf. of the hand of the colossus...

  • Fragment of Colossal Leg
    Fragment of Colossal Leg

    R2 Cat. 83

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    2nd C. AD (Roman)

    According to E. H. Kohler, anthropologist for the expedition in 1961, the piece comprises the lower portion of the knee to part way down the calf.

    Fragments Cat. 80, Cat. 81, Cat. 82, Cat. 83, Cat. 84, Cat. 85, Cat. 86 and Cat. 87 (Figs. 198-200) may...

  • Fragment of Leg (?)
    Fragment of Leg (?)

    R2 Cat. 84

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    2nd C. AD (Roman)

    The piece is possibly part of an arm or thigh.

    Fragments Cat. 80, Cat. 81, Cat. 82, Cat. 83, Cat. 84, Cat. 85, Cat. 86 and Cat. 87 (Figs. 198-200) may belong to the colossal statue of Antoninus Pius (Cat. 79 Figs. 196-197) and date to ca. A.D. 140.

  • Part of Leg (?)
    Part of Leg (?)

    R2 Cat. 85

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    2nd C. AD (Roman)

    The preserved surfaces of the rounded segment are highly polished. The finish resembles that of Antoninus Pius.

    Fragments Cat. 80, Cat. 81, Cat. 82, Cat. 83, Cat. 84, Cat. 85, Cat. 86 and Cat. 87 (Figs. 198-200) may belong to the colossal statue of A...

  • Part of Chest or Shoulder (?)
    Part of Chest or Shoulder (?)

    R2 Cat. 86

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    2nd C. AD (Roman)

    The preserved surface shows a hollow between two parts of the chest or shoulder blades or spine. The finish resembles that of the Antoninus Pius statue.

    Fragments Cat. 80, Cat. 81, Cat. 82, Cat. 83, Cat. 84, Cat. 85, Cat. 86 and Cat. 87 (Figs. 198-20...

  • Fragment of Abdomen and Upper Left Thigh (?)
    Fragment of Abdomen and Upper Left Thigh (?)

    R2 Cat. 87

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    2nd C. AD (Roman)

    The fragment shows the join at a right angle of two nude rounded large parts. According to F. Prascsaits of the Ephesus Expedition, this is part of abdomen and part of upper l. thigh which is at right angle to body. This would be conclusive proof tha...

  • Part of Face of a Colossal Female (?) Statue
    Part of Face of a Colossal Female (?) Statue

    R2 Cat. 88

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    2nd C. AD (Roman)

    The slightly aquiline, wide nose has a deeply cut nostril. The eye corner is separated from lower lid by chiseled ledge. Lower lid goes without interruption into the cheek.

    If the fragment belonged to the head of Antoninus, the wrinkle leading down fr...

  • Upper Portion of a Female Head
    Upper Portion of a Female Head

    R2 Cat. 89

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    (Roman)

    This fragmentary head was a portrait of a young woman. The brow is made by a sharp angle, yet implies the bone structure beneath, particularly near the temples. The eyes are well modeled, with a flesh-like upper lid and a fold between lid and brow. T...