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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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  • Late Corinthian Aryballos Fragment
    Late Corinthian Aryballos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 38

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 650-630 BC. (Lydian)

    Probably LPC. Tiny shoulder fragment. The rounded ends of two tongues at the top, followed by a band of reserve. Scale pattern below, with a small part of two registers preserved. The scales have narrow borders created by two parallel incisions. They...

  • Fragment of a Late Protocorinthian Vessel of Uncertain Shape
    Fragment of a Late Protocorinthian Vessel of Uncertain Shape

    M10 Cat. Cor 39

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 650-630 BC. (Lydian)

    Probably LPC. Tiny wall fragment. Small scale pattern with portions of six registers preserved. Two fine parallel incisions form the narrow borders of the scales. The ends of these either overlap or do not quite meet. Compass points. Glaze: almost en...

  • Late Protocorinthian Piriform Aryballos Fragment
    Late Protocorinthian Piriform Aryballos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 40

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 650-630 BC. (Lydian)

    Fragment from the neck and mouth. Band of black glaze around the opening of the mouth. Glaze: worn, but originally black and glossy. No incision. Clay: hard and smooth.

    May belong with Cor 41, found in the same location in a hearth or ash heap, and/or...

  • Late Protocorinthian Piriform Aryballos Fragment
    Late Protocorinthian Piriform Aryballos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 41

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 650-630 BC. (Lydian)

    Shoulder fragment. The lower part of three incised tongues appears on the shoulder, followed by parallel incisions which mark the upper portion of another row of tongues, facing downward. The style is similar to that of Cor 42. Glaze: almost entirely...

  • Late Protocorinthian Piriform Aryballos Fragment
    Late Protocorinthian Piriform Aryballos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 42

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 650-630 BC. (Lydian)

    Two joining pieces, from the shoulder to the foot. Evidence of burning. Carefully incised tongues spring from the foot. Glaze: worn, but once black and shiny. Clay: hard with prismatic breaks. Yellow-buff. Munsell no. 10 YR 8/4 (very pale brown).May ...

  • Late Protocorinthian Aryballos Fragment
    Late Protocorinthian Aryballos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 43

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 650-630 BC. (Lydian)

    Probably LPC. Most of the mouth disk and the neck of an aryballos. The disk is flat with a very thin lip profile. The underside of the disk slopes down slightly to meet the neck. The eight concentric circles on the mouth disk are fairly even in execu...

  • Late Protocorinthian Pyxis Fragment
    Late Protocorinthian Pyxis Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 44

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 650-630 BC. (Lydian)

    Late in LPC. Fragment from the base of a small straight-sided pyxis. A scale pattern with three registers preserved, alternating rows of red and black. The scales have narrow borders created by double-incised arcs. The arcs cover more of the circle t...

  • Late Protocorinthian Aryballos Fragment
    Late Protocorinthian Aryballos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 45

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 650-630 BC. (Lydian)

    Late in LPC. Large fragment from the shoulder and upper body. The lower ends of several tongues appear on the shoulder. Below the tongues is a wide band of glaze with what appear to be two narrow bands of added color. Scale pattern on the belly. All ...

  • Fragment of a Late Protocorinthian Vessel of Uncertain Shape
    Fragment of a Late Protocorinthian Vessel of Uncertain Shape

    M10 Cat. Cor 46

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 650-620 BC (Lydian)

    Late in LPC or early in TR. Small wall fragment. Scale pattern over half of the fragment, with the remainder reserved. Two registers of scales are preserved, all with narrow borders created by two parallel incisions. The scales are fairly carefully e...

  • Late Protocorinthian Piriform Aryballos Fragment
    Late Protocorinthian Piriform Aryballos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 47

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 650-620 BC (Lydian)

    Probably late in LPC or early in TR. Base and foot. A band of glaze appears near the break. Below, a series of tongues, placed close together and executed carelessly, springs from the join of the foot. No incision. Glaze originally covered the slant ...

  • Lower Portion of a Late Protocorinthian Piriform Aryballos
    Lower Portion of a Late Protocorinthian Piriform Aryballos

    M10 Cat. Cor 48

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 650-620 BC (Lydian)

    Probably late in LPC or early in TR. Lower portion, slightly ovoid in contour. Scales with narrow borders, formed by two parallel incisions. The scales are executed neatly with their ends meeting. Below the scales are two lines of added red. Incised ...

  • Fragment of a Late Protocorinthian Vessel of Uncertain Shape
    Fragment of a Late Protocorinthian Vessel of Uncertain Shape

    M10 Cat. Cor 49

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 650-620 BC (Lydian)

    Late in LPC or early in TR. Small wall fragment with a slight curve. A feline (?) walking to right, paws incised, stands on a band of black glaze. The remainder of the fragment is decorated with lines and bands of added color on black glaze: two whit...

  • Fragment of a Late Protocorinthian Linear Kotyle
    Fragment of a Late Protocorinthian Linear Kotyle

    M10 Cat. Cor 50

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 650-620 BC (Lydian)

    Late in LPC or early in TR. Small rim fragment. Exterior: two lines of glaze at the rim; one passes over the top of the lip. Six vertical lines and portions of four fat sigmas appear in the handle frieze. One of the vertical lines crosses over the ho...

  • Fragment of a Late Protocorinthian Kotyle
    Fragment of a Late Protocorinthian Kotyle

    M10 Cat. Cor 51

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 650-620 BC (Lydian)

    Late in LPC or early in TR. Fragment of the base and foot. Exterior: part of two rays, their bases placed far apart, spring from a thin line of glaze on the foot. There is a reserved area at the join of the foot and a thin line of glaze on the narrow...

  • Corinthian Transitional Linear Kotyle Fragments
    Corinthian Transitional Linear Kotyle Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 52

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 630-615 BC (Lydian)

    Two fragments, probably from the same kotyle, but not joining. Exterior: two thin horizontal lines at the rim. In the handle frieze are eleven vertical bars. Their lower ends are hooked and touch one another. Below is a series of horizontal lines and...

  • Corinthian Transitional Linear Kotyle Fragments
    Corinthian Transitional Linear Kotyle Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 53

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 630-615 BC (Lydian)

    Two fragments, one from the foot ring and the other from the wall. Exterior: on the body is a series of thirteen horizontal lines unevenly spaced and placed close together. The lower portions of five (originally six) rays spring from a single thin li...

  • Corinthian Transitional Glazed Kotyle Fragments
    Corinthian Transitional Glazed Kotyle Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 55

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 630-615 BC (Lydian)

    Nine pieces from a small kotyle, some joining. Exterior: dot-cluster rosette of added white in the dark handle zone of A. The color of the glaze changes from dark chocolate brown in the handle zone to orange-red on the body. A line of added white is ...

  • Joined Fragments of a Corinthian Transitional Large Aryballos
    Joined Fragments of a Corinthian Transitional Large Aryballos

    M10 Cat. Cor 56

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 630-615 (Lydian)

    A large portion preserved from the shoulder to mid-body. The remains of two large dot-rosettes, one complete, on the shoulder, followed by five thin concentric lines of black glaze. Four dot-rosettes on the belly, framed above and below by bands of b...

  • Corinthian Transitional Aryballos Fragment
    Corinthian Transitional Aryballos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 57

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 630-615 BC (Lydian)

    Shoulder fragment. Incised dot-rosette on the shoulder. Below is a wide band of black glaze with a line of added red. Glaze: black and shiny, but worn. Clay: fine, hard and irregular at the breaks. The firing gives the appearance of two layers with p...

  • One-Third of a Corinthian Transitional Round Aryballos
    One-Third of a Corinthian Transitional Round Aryballos

    M10 Cat. Cor 58

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 630-615 BC (Lydian)

    One-third of a round aryballos, preserved from the neck to the base. Narrow neck opening. Short, pear-shaped tongues on the shoulder near the broad handle stub. On the body is the end of a bird's wing with added red on the wing band. The feathers are...

  • Fragment of a Corinthian Transitional Vessel of Uncertain Shape
    Fragment of a Corinthian Transitional Vessel of Uncertain Shape

    M10 Cat. Cor 59

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 630-615 BC (Lydian)

    Small wall fragment. At the top, thin lines of red alternate with black glaze. The red appears to be applied directly to the clay. In the animal frieze, part of the body of a bull facing to left, including the back, the belly, the left rear leg and t...

  • Fragment of a Corinthian Transitional Vessel of Uncertain Shape
    Fragment of a Corinthian Transitional Vessel of Uncertain Shape

    M10 Cat. Cor 60

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 630-615 BC (Lydian)

    Tiny wall fragment. Raised wing of a bird with two ranks of flight feathers. On the feathers, added red alternates with black glaze. The wing bar is solid. The rosette in the field is round in shape with a crossed incision and alternating sections in...

  • Fragment of a Corinthian Transitional Vessel of Uncertain Shape
    Fragment of a Corinthian Transitional Vessel of Uncertain Shape

    M10 Cat. Cor 61

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 630-615 BC (Lydian)

    Small wall fragment. Part of the neck feathers of a rooster, or the mane and front leg of a lion. Three tiers of feathers (or flame mane) are preserved. The triangular incisions have rounded ends. In the field is a round rosette. The sections are mar...

  • Fragment of a Corinthian Transitional Vessel of Uncertain Shape
    Fragment of a Corinthian Transitional Vessel of Uncertain Shape

    M10 Cat. Cor 62

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 630-615 BC (Lydian)

    Small wall fragment. Chest and forelegs of a feline striding to right. A long, angled incision marks the musculature of the off foreleg. The two lines used for the paw follow the contour of the glaze nicely. On the near foreleg, which is only partial...

  • Fragment of a Corinthian Transitional Vessel of Uncertain Shape
    Fragment of a Corinthian Transitional Vessel of Uncertain Shape

    M10 Cat. Cor 63

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 630-615 (Lydian)

    Wall fragment. The head of a lion facing to right with an open mouth. There are two teeth in the upper jaw and one in the lower. The tongue protrudes between the teeth. The mouth is framed by two lines, one curving from the top of the nose to under t...