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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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  • Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Follis
    Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Follis

    M13 Cat. 1266.0001

    Coin

    Bronze/Copper Alloy

    1100 AD - 1350 AD (Byzantine)

    This coin type: Obverse: Bust of Christ facing; Reverse: Bust of emperor? facing.

  • Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Trachy, scyphate of Constantinople
    Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Trachy, scyphate of Constantinople

    M13 Cat. 1267.0002

    Coin

    Billon or Bronze/Copper Alloy

    1092 AD - 1350 AD (Byzantine)

    This coin type: Obverse: Illegible.; Reverse: Illegible.

  • Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Trachy, scyphate of Constantinople
    Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Trachy, scyphate of Constantinople

    M13 Cat. 1267.0001

    Coin

    Billon or Bronze/Copper Alloy

    1092 AD - 1350 AD (Byzantine)

    This coin type: Obverse: Illegible.; Reverse: Illegible.

  • Inscribed Fragment
    Inscribed Fragment

    M14 Cat. 746

    Inscription

    Marble, Stone

    1st–2nd c AD? (letter shape). (Roman)

    Fragment of white marble; broken on all sides except for a portion of the right edge. The right edge has a recessed border; cf. nos. 749 and 751.

  • Inscribed Plaque Fragment: “Tib(erius) C[laudius - - -]”
    Inscribed Plaque Fragment: “Tib(erius) C[laudius - - -]”

    M14 Cat. 729

    Inscription

    Marble, Stone

    (Roman)

    Left upper corner of a plaque of marble.

  • Inscribed Plaque: Funerary Inscription
    Inscribed Plaque: Funerary Inscription

    M14 Cat. 717

    Marble, Stone

    (Byzantine)

    Fragment of a plaque of grayish-white marble; broken on the left side, it is not certain that the right side is complete.

  • Early Lydian cup
    Early Lydian cup

    R8 Cat. HoB 1

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    9th or early 8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Joining fragments of large cup with complete profile. Orangish-buff micaceous clay. Slightly everted rim; globular body; vertical strap handle; flaring ring foot. Dark brown, thick band at rim with pendent concentric semicircles. Two incised lines at...

  • Early Lydian cup
    Early Lydian cup

    R8 Cat. HoB 2

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Early Iron Age (Early Lydian)

    Four joining fragments of cup with complete profile except for the handle. Reddish-buff micaceous clay. Everted rim with groove below; low flaring ring foot. Exterior, dark band at rim with pendent concentric semicircles. Several worn bands on lower ...

  • Protogeometric cup
    Protogeometric cup

    R8 Cat. HoB 3

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Probably 9th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Rim fragment of cup. Buff micaceous clay. Exterior, dark brown band on upper part of cup with pendent concentric semicircles below band. Interior, dark brown band on rim.

    M. Kerschner confirms that it is imported, probably ninth century (personal comm...

  • Cup
    Cup

    R8 Cat. HoB 4

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Early Iron Age (Early Lydian)

    Rim fragment of cup with steep walls. Buff micaceous clay. Exterior, brown band on rim with pendent concentric semicircles. Exterior surface smoothed.

  • Cup
    Cup

    R8 Cat. HoB 5

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Early Iron Age (Early Lydian)

    Rim fragment. Buff micaceous clay with gray core. Exterior, band of dark brown on rim with pendent concentric semicircles below. Interior, streaky brown band on rim.

  • Bowl
    Bowl

    R8 Cat. HoB 6

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Early Iron Age (Early Lydian)

    Rim fragment. Buff, micaceous clay. Both the interior and exterior are slipped with a darker brown near the rim that lightens to a light brownish below.

  • Large jug
    Large jug

    R8 Cat. HoB 7

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

    Trefoil mouth of jug. Reddish-buff micaceous clay with buff surface. Rim has thick band of dark brown paint that expands beyond rim itself; reddish-brown band at join of trefoil mouth to shoulder.

  • Jug
    Jug

    R8 Cat. HoB 8

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

    Shoulder fragment of jug with just a hint of the neck preserved. Reddish-buff, micaceous clay. At neck join, trace of the ends of parallel lines. On shoulder, a red band with trace of wavy line below.

  • Large jug
    Large jug

    R8 Cat. HoB 9

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

    Neck fragment of jug. Reddish-buff clay with some mica. Purplish uneven wavy line between two horizontal bands.

  • Jar or amphora
    Jar or amphora

    R8 Cat. HoB 10

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

    Body fragment of jar. Orangish-buff micaceous clay. Reddish-orange remains of rays (?) above broad red-streaked band.

  • Small jar
    Small jar

    R8 Cat. HoB 11

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

    Shoulder and a portion of a neck fragment. Buff, micaceous clay. Dark band on neck. On the shoulder, a streaky brown wavy line with a darker band below. Exterior smoothed.

  • Red on buff rim
    Red on buff rim

    R8 Cat. HoB 12

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

    Ledge rim fragment. Buff, micaceous clay; red on buff decoration. Rim has radial lines on the top. Exterior, thick red band below rim. Interior, red band below rim.

  • Painted closed vessel
    Painted closed vessel

    R8 Cat. HoB 13

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

    Body fragment. Reddish-buff micaceous clay with gray core; large inclusions. Two red pendent concentric semicircles below a wide red band. Exterior smoothed.

  • Body fragment with streaky brown decoration
    Body fragment with streaky brown decoration

    R8 Cat. HoB 14

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

    Buff, micaceous clay. Exterior, streaky brown band and wavy line on buff.

  • Bowl
    Bowl

    R8 Cat. HoB 15

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

    Many joining pieces of unpainted shallow bowl with everted rim. Reddish-orange clay. Tan slip, micaceous golden wash on interior; polished. Rim has two subtle fillets followed below by another that projects from the surface. Small vertical handle, ro...

  • Gray Ware bowl
    Gray Ware bowl

    R8 Cat. HoB 16

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

    Eight joining pieces amounting to about half a Gray Ware bowl with full profile except for handle. Light burnishing. Narrow ledge rim. Low ring foot. Scar of handle preserved on rim and body. Smooth gray finish, heavy walls.

  • Gray Ware handled bowl
    Gray Ware handled bowl

    R8 Cat. HoB 17

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

    Globular Gray Ware bowl with small ledge rim. Gray micaceous clay. Horizontal lug notched on both sides, beneath which is a spool handle added with a pinch of two fingers, and a vertical loop handle below. Bowl is slightly carinated with a large roun...

  • Deep Gray Ware bowl
    Deep Gray Ware bowl

    R8 Cat. HoB 18

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

    Deep bowl with everted rim and ring foot. Light, silvery, self-slipped, and polished surface with a body reduced to a uniform gray throughout. Below the rim are two grooves, which result in a raised band between them.

  • Scoop bowl handle
    Scoop bowl handle

    R8 Cat. HoB 19

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

    Mended from six fragments and preserving one complete handle and part of upper body. Buff slip on pinkish body, micaceous. Rim is missing. Deep bowl, possibly a scoop bowl with a vertical loop handle, round in section, beginning at shoulder of vessel...