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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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  • Attic Black-Figure Lebes Fragment
    Attic Black-Figure Lebes Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 39

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 570-560 BC (Lydian)

    Fragment of wall. Hindquarters and body of a lion (?) with tail curled over his back. Interior black.

  • Attic Black Figure Column-Krater Fragment
    Attic Black Figure Column-Krater Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 40

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 580-560 BC (Lydian)

    Handle-plate. On top surface, a lotus flower with tendrils. Within the outspreading sepals of the lotus flower are alternating purple and black petals, separated by incised lines. A black cuff and purple calyx are at the bottom of the flower. On eith...

  • Attic Black Figure Column-Krater Fragment
    Attic Black Figure Column-Krater Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 41

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    575-550 BC (Lydian)

    Wall fragment. Part of two friezes, separated by three rows of dots, more or less regularly spaced on top of each other and framed by glazed lines, thinly applied. Top frieze: two forelegs of a lion (?) and, in front of it, the top of the lowered hea...

  • Attic Black Figure Column-Krater Fragment
    Attic Black Figure Column-Krater Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 42

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 570-560 BC (Lydian)

    Fragment of the neck and shoulder of a column-krater (?). Neck is black. On shoulder, tongue pattern, alternating black and added purple. A warrior wielding a spear and wearing a crested helmet, to right. Added purple and elaborate zigzag pattern at ...

  • Attic Black Figure Column-Krater Fragment
    Attic Black Figure Column-Krater Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 43

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Fragment of body. Leg and toe of a man, walking to right. Three purplish bands (one serving as ground line) and solid black area are preserved. Interior glazed.

  • Attic Black Figure Lekanis Fragment
    Attic Black Figure Lekanis Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 44

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 580-570 BC (Lydian)

    Fragment of wall. Siren to right, near the handle zone, which was at left. Added red on the tail and wing feathers.

  • Attic Black Figure Lekanis Fragment
    Attic Black Figure Lekanis Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 45

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 580-560 BC (Lydian)

    Lid. Fragment preserves a small part of two tiers of animal friezes. Upper: legs of a bird or siren. Lower: panther to left with frontal face. Interior black.

  • Attic Black Figure Komast Cup
    Attic Black Figure Komast Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 46

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 555 BC (Lydian)

    Fifty-four fragments of a nearly complete komast cup. The narrow offset lip is decorated with a net pattern, framed by black lines, one at rim and one at offset. On each side of the cup, two komasts, the left one naked and the right one padded, dance...

  • Attic Black Figure Siana Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Figure Siana Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 47

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 580-560 BC (Lydian)

    Fragment. On lip, trace of a double-decker scheme of decorative floral motifs and two horizontal bands painted in white. Black band just below offset lip. Palmette, with alternating purple and black petals separated by incised lines. Heart of palmett...

  • Attic Black Figure Siana Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Figure Siana Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 48

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 575-555 BC (Lydian)

    Fragment of bowl. Interior: within the tondo, a large black area, rounded at outer edge and with incised lines just following the edge. Tondo defined by a black line, a reserved band, and then alternating red and black bands. Exterior: rays and conce...

  • Attic Black Figure Siana Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Figure Siana Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 49

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    570-560 BC (Lydian)

    Body fragment. Exterior: wing of a bird, sphinx, or siren with added red and incision on the wing. Horizontal line above. Interior: border of the tondo has three concentric circles, a double row of dots, and at least two more concentric circles.

  • Attic Black Figure Siana Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Figure Siana Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 50

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    575-550 BC (Lydian)

    Fragment from top of body, broken off at out-turning of lip. Exterior: black band at top of fragment and head of a bearded man, facing right; his left arm is stretched out in front of him. Neck and tunic in added purple. Interior: black glaze with tw...

  • Attic Black Figure Siana Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Figure Siana Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 51

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    560-550 BC (Lydian)

    Fragment of the wall of the cup. Interior of tondo: a male figure standing to the right: the lower garment, right foot, and heel of the left foot are preserved. The ankle bone is incised, as are the hem of the garment and the wiggly lines of folds. T...

  • Attic Black Figure Siana Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Figure Siana Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 52

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 560-550 BC (Lydian)

    Siana or lip cup foot fragment. Black glaze on the upper part of the foot, with two narrow purple lines at turn to stem. Outer edge of the foot is purple. Underside reserved with narrow concentric rings: black, red, three black together, and another ...

  • Attic Black Figure Siana Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Figure Siana Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 53

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 575-555 BC (Lydian)

    Fragment of wall. Exterior: reserved band. Interior: edge of the tondo reserved, with three concentric circles and a trace of a tongue pattern within. The thinness of the wall, 0.001 m. at the tondo, makes this an outstanding example of potting. The ...

  • Attic Black Figure Merrythought Cup
    Attic Black Figure Merrythought Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 54

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 550 BC (Lydian)

    Restored. The seventy fragments of the cup include most of the bowl and both wishbone handles, but only one of the handle knobs. Neither the stem nor foot was preserved. The restoration, conducted in 1980 and 1981, replaces all missing parts based on...

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Lip Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Lip Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 55

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 550-530 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of a bowl with edge of the tondo. Exterior glazed. Interior: tongues of purple and black between delicate radiating lines. The tondo is encircled by two bands, one dilute, the other added purple.

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Lip Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Lip Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 56

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 540-530 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Rim fragment. Exterior: lip and handle zone reserved; on the rim, a black band; two dots, one on the upper edge, one on the lower edge of lip, may be accidental. On the handle zone, a horizontal band just below the lip. Part of a palmette with added ...

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Lip Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Lip Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 57

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 540-530 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment. Exterior: lip and handle zone reserved. The handle zone has a cross-linked lotus-and-bud frieze with a glaze line at the top of the pattern. A splatter (?) of dilute glaze between lotus buds. Black glaze below. Interior glazed. The pattern ...

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 58

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 550 BC (Lydian)

    Fragment. Exterior: a panther walking right on a glazed band. Incision for facial details and shoulder; added purple blob on the haunch. Interior glazed.

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 59

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    550-540 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Rim and bowl fragment. The lip is turned out slightly. Wide reserved band with a lion rearing slightly on his hind legs and pawing the air with both front feet. His mouth is open, with tongue hanging out. His tongue and tail are in dilute glaze, the ...

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 60

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    550-525 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of wall and inset lip. Exterior: lip was painted black. In band, traces of figural decoration, perhaps the horn of a goat. Interior: black glaze.

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 61

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 550-530 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment. Exterior: reserved band with two dancing men, who move to the left but turn their heads back to the right. Incision for the round eye, eyebrow, ear, and the edge of hair. A white fillet (?), now worn off, around the neck of the man at left....

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 62

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 540-530 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragments. Exterior: reserved band with the hind legs of a horse. Two short incised lines across the top of the legs. Narrow reserved band below. Interior: part of reserved tondo preserved. Two other small fragments preserved. (Appendix 2, sample AP ...

  • Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup
    Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Little Master Band Cup

    M10 Cat. Att 63

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Fragment of rim and small part of reserved band on exterior. Thin reserved band inside the rim. Only top of head preserved.