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Northeast anta of the temple of Artemis, before cleaning. The overhanging architrave block has shielded the anta below from rain, so lichen and cyanobacteria have not grown, and the original color of the marble is preserved.©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Northeast anta of the temple of Artemis, before cleaning (2014). The overhanging architrave block has shielded the anta below from rain, so lichen and cyanobacteria have not grown, and the original color of the marble is preserved.
©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Small, Crowned Female HeadR2 Cat. 3
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
Ca. 600 BC (Lydian)
The hair is stylized in large “Daedalic” beads, with waves over the forehead; they are separated by incised lines on her right side with eight vertical beads in two tresses. Plain in back, the hair falls over the back of the throne. It curves around ...
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Partially restored composite plan, Temple of Artemis, Sardis, Hellenistic and Roman phases, drawn at 1:100. (Reduced scale; large version here)©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Partially restored composite plan, Temple of Artemis, Sardis, Hellenistic and Roman phases, drawn at 1:100. (Reduced scale; large version here)
©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Partially restored composite plan, Temple of Artemis, Sardis, Hellenistic and Roman phases, drawn at 1:100. (Reduced scale; large version here)
©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Partially restored composite plan, Temple of Artemis, Sardis, Hellenistic and Roman phases, drawn at 1:100. (Reduced scale; large version here)
©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Electrum Twelfth-StaterLATW Cat. 19
Coin
Electrum
Ca. 630-575 BC (Lydian)
Electrum coin of one-twelfth stater weight (Ephesus Excavations Inventory ART 86/L567). Obverse: roaring lion head facing right, with a round “wart” on top of the muzzle; the wisps of the mane pointing downwards. Reverse: incuse punch. Diameter 0.007...
