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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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  • Attic Black Figure Oinochoe
    Attic Black Figure Oinochoe

    M10 Cat. Att App. 3

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 500-480 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Chase, "Field Notes": "On neck, simple maeander, bordered above and below by a single line; on shoulder, ... tongue pattern bordered above and below by a single line, and defining top of main field; at either side of main field, three vertical lines ...

  • Attic Black Figure Oinochoe Fragments
    Attic Black Figure Oinochoe Fragments

    M10 Cat. Att App. 4

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Two fragments. Only a small bit of the painted design is preserved: vertical black bands with dots between them, from the border of a reserved panel on the body of a trefoil oinochoe.

  • Attic Black Figure Olpe
    Attic Black Figure Olpe

    M10 Cat. Att App. 5

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 560-540 BC (Lydian)

    Restored from many fragments; complete except for small pieces of the rim and body. Two panthers, walking on a ground line are confronted at either side of a stylized lotus flower. Their heads face front. The tail of each curls up and "disappears" be...

  • Attic Black Figure Lekythos
    Attic Black Figure Lekythos

    M10 Cat. Att App. 6

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 530 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Mended from many fragments; parts of upper body, shoulder, lower neck missing and restored in plaster. Quadriga to right and three figures. A bearded charioteer in a long tunic mounts a chariot and holds the reins. Facing him is a standing warrior ho...

  • Attic Black Figure Lekythos
    Attic Black Figure Lekythos

    M10 Cat. Att App. 7

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Complete and unbroken. Black glaze on the foot, lower body, handle, and rim. Chase, "Field Notes": " On shoulder, double row of tongues. On body, fine hard yellowish white slip, bordered above and below by a narrow brown-black stripe and decorated wi...

  • Attic Black Figure Lekythos
    Attic Black Figure Lekythos

    M10 Cat. Att App. 8

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Local imitation of Attic black figure. Chase, "Field Notes": "Buff clay, light buff slip; body, foot, and handle covered with poor black varnish. At top of body, two stripes in red overcolor, about middle of body, one stripe. On shoulder, two bands o...

  • Attic Black Figure Lekythos
    Attic Black Figure Lekythos

    M10 Cat. Att App. 9

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Not certainly Attic. Chase, "Field Notes": "On neck, two rows of tongue pattern. On upper part of body, over white slip, three enclosed palmettes placed on their sides between narrow bands; below, broad band of black varnish. Lower part of body and f...

  • Attic Black Figure Krater Fragment
    Attic Black Figure Krater Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att App. 10

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    late 6th C. BC ()

    Neck and shoulder fragment. Black glaze at the neck, maeander at top of the shoulder, black glaze on the interior.

  • Attic Black Figure Lekanis (?)
    Attic Black Figure Lekanis (?)

    M10 Cat. Att App. 11

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Not certainly Attic. Chase, “Field Notes”: “Buff clay, fine black and red varnish, rather thinly applied in places, so that the effect resembles the streaked technique. Edge of foot and flat lip of bowl ‘spared’ [i.e., reserved]. Hollow inside of ste...

  • Attic Black Figure Lip Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Figure Lip Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att App. 12

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 550-525 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of lower part of a cup. Exterior: black band, with reserved band on either side, and black-glazed area near the stem. Trace of a letter in the handle zone. Interior: black glaze and small part of reserved tondo.

  • Attic Black Figure Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Figure Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att App. 13

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 500-475 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment. A central vine flanked by two women seated beside baskets. Two glazed lines beneath the scene. Incision on the drapery and baskets. Formless style, like the Leafless Group, and poor glaze.

  • Attic Black Figure Cup Fragments
    Attic Black Figure Cup Fragments

    M10 Cat. Att App. 14

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Not certainly Attic. Thick walls, offset rim, and heavy handles. Chase, "Field Notes": "Buff clay, fine black and red varnish applied in parts so as to give the effect of streaked technique. Exterior: near bottom of bowl, broad 'spared' band, decorat...