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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 Red Figure Head Vase Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Head Vase Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 115

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    early 5th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of head. A female head with three wavy strands of hair across her forehead and other strands falling vertically. Her hair is wrapped in a black sakkos, on which a crown of ivy is painted; it consists of a wavy brown line with heart-shaped le...

  • Attic Red Figure Head Vase Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Head Vase Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 116

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    early 5th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of head. Molded shape. Largely black for hair or sakkos, with a wavy line and heart-shaped leaves in added red. A small reserved area may be the forehead or neck.

  • Attic Red Figure Fragment of a Closed Shape Vessel
    Attic Red Figure Fragment of a Closed Shape Vessel

    M10 Cat. Att 117

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Rays near base.

  • Attic Red Figure Krater Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Krater Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 118

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 450-425 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Calyx- or bell-krater. Fragment of out-turned rim. Black glaze with reserved band at join of rim to body. Horizontal pattern of laurel leaves. Interior: reserved band where the rim turns out; otherwise black glaze.

  • Attic Red Figure Krater Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Krater Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 119

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    4th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Bell-krater. Fragment of body. Two feet, flat on ground line, walking to right, with painted toes seen in the three-quarter view. Maeander pattern below. Interior black glaze. A second fragment (uninv. PN), shown with it (see Pl. 42), was found withi...

  • Attic Red Figure Krater Fragments
    Attic Red Figure Krater Fragments

    M10 Cat. Att 120

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 380-350 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Two joining rim fragments. Probably from a bell-krater; a small part of molding at the top of the neck preserved. A nude youth, with body twisted to his left, looks back over his right shoulder, his arms extended. He wears a crown of the type worn by...

  • Attic Red Figure Krater Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Krater Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 121

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Bell-krater. Fragment of body. Maeander alternating with checkerboard pattern. Trace of panel painting above. Interior: black glaze.

  • Attic Red Figure Krater Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Krater Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 122

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Neck (?) fragment. Trace of floral (laurel?) pattern. Interior: black glaze.

  • Attic Red Figure Krater Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Krater Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 123

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Fragment of wall. Body black with a maeander pattern and derivative of checkerboard pattern (?) below.

  • Attic Red Figure Lekanis Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Lekanis Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 124

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    375-350 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of lid, almost flat. Top: a seated woman holding a box or chest in her left hand. The woman is foreshortened and wears a loose chiton falling gracefully over her body. Its rounded neckline is indicated by a double line, and the internal drap...

  • Attic Red Figure Lekanis Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Lekanis Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 125

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    late 4th C. BC (Hellenistic)

    Fragment of wall with carination. Exterior: upper portion reserved, with a pattern, perhaps a debased palmette. Below carination, black glaze. Interior: black glaze misfired a strong red.

  • Attic Red Figure Cup Fragments
    Attic Red Figure Cup Fragments

    M10 Cat. Att 126

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    late 6th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    MANISA. Oltos (?). Body and rim fragments, joined. A: from near the handle. Exterior: a nine-petalled palmette, each petal separate and divided down the middle by a central rib. The black heart of the palmette has a reserved circle at its center and ...

  • Attic Red Figure Cup Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 127

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 480-470 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Small fragment from bowl. Interior: reserved edge of tondo. Resting on it, an animal's paw (?). Exterior: the lower dress and one foot of a maiden, running to right. The folds of her dress are shown by gently curving parallel lines. The ankle and ins...

  • Attic Red Figure Stemless Cup Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Stemless Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 128

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    450-425 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of lower wall. Groove at junction of wall and foot. Exterior: a lion's foot (?) or table leg, and two human feet and draped legs. Reserved band below the figures. Interior: entirely glazed, with tips of stamped ovules preserved.

  • Attic Red Figure Stemless Cup Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Stemless Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 129

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    early 5th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of the body of an eye cup. Interior: rim of tondo and concentric line in dilute glaze inside the edge. Three diagonal lines and rock (?) at right. Reserved area may also be part of a human body. Exterior: black glaze.

  • Attic Red Figure Owl Skyphos Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Owl Skyphos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 130

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    mid-5th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of body. Fine vertical lines and small dots which fall in three horizontal rows, indicating the body of an owl. Interior: matte black glaze.

  • Attic Red Figure Owl Skyphos Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Owl Skyphos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 131

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    late 5th-early 4th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of rim with vertical leaves. From owl skyphos (?).

  • Attic Red Figure Skyphos Fragment: Type A Attic Type
    Attic Red Figure Skyphos Fragment: Type A Attic Type

    M10 Cat. Att 132

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    4th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of rim. Debased palmette and volute, and a trace of the handle attachment below rim at right. Interior: black glaze.

  • Attic Red Figure Skyphos Fragment: Type A Attic Type
    Attic Red Figure Skyphos Fragment: Type A Attic Type

    M10 Cat. Att 133

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 330 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of rim. Heavy spiral decoration. Glaze is metallic.

  • Attic Red Figure Skyphos Fragment: Type A Attic Type
    Attic Red Figure Skyphos Fragment: Type A Attic Type

    M10 Cat. Att 134

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Palmette (?). Interior glazed.

  • Attic Red Figure Skyphos Fragment: Type A Attic Type
    Attic Red Figure Skyphos Fragment: Type A Attic Type

    M10 Cat. Att 135

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Rim fragment of a skyphos (?). Horizontal leaf pattern and ovolo pattern below. Interior: black glaze.

  • Attic Red Figure Fish Plate Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Fish Plate Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 136

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Fragment of rim. Reserved: band at rim on upper side, with egg-and-dart pattern in black glaze. A groove near pattern, on inner side.

  • Attic Black Glaze Type C Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Glaze Type C Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 193

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    late 6th-early 5th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Plain rim.

  • Attic Black Glaze Oinochoe (?) Fragment
    Attic Black Glaze Oinochoe (?) Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 144

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 450 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Disk foot. Glazed exterior; reserved on bottom.

  • Attic Black Glaze Oinochoe (?) Fragment
    Attic Black Glaze Oinochoe (?) Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 145

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    late 5th-early 4th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Neck fragment. Added clay shows long thin horizontal leaves and berries. Probably an olive wreath.