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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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  • Early Corinthian Kotyle Fragments
    Early Corinthian Kotyle Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 114

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 615-590 BC (Lydian)

    Late in EC. Four body fragments, joined; four fragments from the rim, joined, including a handle stub; one complete handle. Animal frieze. Exterior: the handle has two thick lines of glaze, one running along the top, the other near the center. Bits o...

  • Middle Corinthian Round Aryballos Fragments
    Middle Corinthian Round Aryballos Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 115

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Early in MC. Parts of the rim, neck, and shoulder are preserved, along with a complete handle. A series of very fine tongues radiates from a glazed circle around the mouth of the aryballos. Inside the mouth is a wider band of glaze with a thin glazed...

  • Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragments
    Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 116

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Early in MC. Restored from twenty-nine joining pieces. The kotyle is preserved from the rim to the upper part of the rays. Animal frieze framed by two lines of black glaze at the rim and a wide band of glaze below. In the frieze are a bird and three ...

  • Middle Corinthian Alabastron Fragments
    Middle Corinthian Alabastron Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 117

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Probably early in MC. Three large body fragments, joined. Dolphin to right, preserved from behind the head to the snout. Two concentric circles are used for the eye. Two large arcs appear behind the eye. An incised triangle, which may represent a fli...

  • Middle Corinthian Alabastron Fragment
    Middle Corinthian Alabastron Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 118

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Probably early in MC. A small portion of the wall. Dolphin, diving to left, preserved from the eye to a portion of the incised triangular flipper (?). Two incised circles are used for the eye, and a single incised arc appears on the side of the head....

  • Middle Corinthian Alabastron Fragment
    Middle Corinthian Alabastron Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 119

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Probably early in MC. Wall fragment from a large alabastron. Large bird to right, preserved from the chest to the upper leg. The lower portion of the wing and part of the tail also remain. The incision is fairly well controlled and fine. There is an ...

  • Middle Corinthian Round Aryballos Fragment
    Middle Corinthian Round Aryballos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 120

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    A large fragment, preserved from the top of the handle to the belly. On the shoulder are sixteen long narrow tongues, evenly spaced. Two glazed bands below the tongues separate them from the belly frieze. On the handle are four horizontal lines of gl...

  • Middle Corinthian Aryballos(?) Fragments
    Middle Corinthian Aryballos(?) Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 121

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Two fragments from the mouth. The top slopes inward and the profile is wedge shaped. On the mouth are petal-shaped tongues of fairly equal size and even distribution. On the edge of the rim are zigzags of two "steps" placed close together. Glaze: red...

  • Middle Corinthian Ring Aryballos Fragment
    Middle Corinthian Ring Aryballos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 122

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Fragment from the shoulder, neck, and handle of a ring aryballos. There are short tongues, varying in size and shape, on the shoulder. The remains of two concentric, incised circles appear on the upper body, with nine vertical incisions below. Glaze:...

  • Middle Corinthian Round Aryballos
    Middle Corinthian Round Aryballos

    M10 Cat. Cor 123

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    A complete aryballos. A reserved rosette with twelve petals of slightly irregular shape springs from a circle of glaze around the opening of the mouth. Three concentric circles of glaze frame the rosette near the rim. There is a net pattern on the wi...

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

    M10 Cat. Cor 124

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    One-third of the body. Lotus pattern with one long sepal remaining on the right side and three central petals. Added red on both the sepals and the petals. Outline technique, no incision. Glaze: worn. Clay: hard and fine. Munsell no. 7.5 YR 7/4 (pink...

  • Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragments
    Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 126

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Two wall fragments, almost joining, probably from an animal-frieze kotyle. Although discovered some distance apart, it is clear from the interior throwing lines, design, clay and glaze colors, and the style of incision that the pieces belong to one v...

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

    M10 Cat. Cor 127

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Wall fragment. A part of the haunch and the tail of a feline, probably a panther, facing to left. Two incisions mark the join of the tail and body, and a long, curving incision separates the buttocks. There are two horizontal incisions with upturned ...

  • Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragment
    Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 128

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Small wall fragment. Animal frieze. The ends of a series of vertical bars appear above the ear of the panther in the handle zone (compare Cor 129). Below the bars are two glazed lines. Beneath these, in the belly frieze, is a panther facing to right,...

  • Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragment
    Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 129

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Fragment from the rim and body. Animal frieze. A single line of glaze appears on the rim. Below, in the handle zone, is a series of vertical bars, and below these, two horizontal lines. In the belly frieze, an animal, perhaps a feline, walks to the l...

  • Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragment
    Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 130

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    The foot and a portion of the lower wall from a large kotyle. The lower portions of a series of thin wobbly rays with the bases placed fairly close together. The rays spring from a solid band of glaze covering both the join of the foot and the foot p...

  • Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragments
    Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 131

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Probably MC. Two small fragments from the wall, joined. Exterior: the figure is very fragmentary and the subject is uncertain. It may be a portion of a bird's wing and the haunch of a panther. Large incised rosettes of nebulous form appear in the fie...

  • Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragment
    Middle Corinthian Kotyle Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 132

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Small wall fragment. Exterior: animal frieze. Only the midsection of one animal is preserved. The ribs are represented by five nearly vertical incisions. A straight line is used to indicate the belly. Added red on the belly. A round, incised blob fil...

  • Middle Corinthian Krater Fragments
    Middle Corinthian Krater Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 133

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Two fragments from the shoulder of a large krater, almost joining. Exterior: a bearded siren with head to left and wings outstretched. Added red on the wide wing bars of the siren. A goose, facing to right, with a long arched neck, stands to the side...

  • Middle Corinthian Krater Fragments
    Middle Corinthian Krater Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 134

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Two joined fragments from the rim and neck. Five units of addorsed lotus-palmette chain remain on the top of the rim. These vary in size and shape. The incision is executed quickly and carelessly. On the side of the rim is a stepped zigzag pattern wi...

  • Middle Corinthian Krater Fragments
    Middle Corinthian Krater Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 135

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Probably late in MC. Two fragments from the wall near the handle, joined. The head of a goose (or swan) on the left but facing right, next to the haunch and tail of a feline. The eye of the goose (or swan) is composed of two concentric circles. Large...

  • Middle Corinthian Aryballos Fragments
    Middle Corinthian Aryballos Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 136

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Probably late in MC. Two fragments from the lower body and base, joined. A portion of a bird, perhaps a rooster, to right. There is a large incised rosette in the field, as well as blob fillers. Beneath the bird are three thin, parallel lines of blac...

  • Middle Corinthian Aryballos Fragment
    Middle Corinthian Aryballos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 137

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-570 BC (Lydian)

    Late in MC. A fragment from the shoulder. Tongues with spatulate ends radiate from a circle of glaze around the neck. Portions of seven tongues are preserved. Below the tongues are two horizontal lines followed by two rows of false checkerboard patte...

  • Middle Corinthian Aryballos Fragment
    Middle Corinthian Aryballos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Cor 138

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 595-550 BC (Lydian)

    Late in MC or early in LC. Wall fragment. A portion of a quadruple lotus with crosshatched leaves in the shape of cones. Glaze: dark brown and uneven. Clay: fairly hard and smooth. Pale brown. Munsell no. 10 YR 6/2 (light brownish gray).

    The clay is u...

  • Late Corinthian Warrior Aryballos Fragments
    Late Corinthian Warrior Aryballos Fragments

    M10 Cat. Cor 139

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 570-550 BC (Lydian)

    Two small fragments, joined. Preserved from the lower shoulder to mid-body. Tongues on the shoulder (portions of six remain), followed by two horizontal lines of glaze. A single warrior facing to right in the belly frieze is preserved from his cap-sh...