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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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  • Large Brown on Buff jug
    Large Brown on Buff jug

    R8 Cat. HoB 170

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Shoulder of large jug. Buff micaceous clay. Exterior has a purplish-brown band at neck of jar. On shoulder, concentric circles with a dot in center of each; a wavy line between two bands below. Traces of burning.

  • Small jar
    Small jar

    R8 Cat. HoB 171

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Fragment of wall of small jar. Red micaceous clay. Exterior, tan slip with red band and red pendent concentric semicircles drawn without a compass.

  • Red on Buff closed vessel
    Red on Buff closed vessel

    R8 Cat. HoB 172

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Shoulder fragment. Red micaceous clay; tan slip. Exterior, Red on Buff with two bands below the remains of a curved design that looks like an early form of a Waveline hydria.

  • Band handle
    Band handle

    R8 Cat. HoB 173

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Fragment of vertical band handle with dark brown horizontal lines. Reddish-buff micaceous clay.

  • Brown on Buff closed vessel
    Brown on Buff closed vessel

    R8 Cat. HoB 174

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Fragment of neck of closed vessel, decorated with nine concentric pendent semicircles. One of the brushes was much thicker than the others. Two horizontal bands, the lower one painted over by the multiple brush making the semicircles.

  • Brown on Buff closed vessel
    Brown on Buff closed vessel

    R8 Cat. HoB 175

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Body fragment with streaky Brown on Buff decoration. Orangish-buff micaceous clay. Exterior brown pendent concentric semicircles from a wide band.

  • Brown on Buff closed vessel
    Brown on Buff closed vessel

    R8 Cat. HoB 176

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Brown on Buff body fragment. Buff clay with some mica. Exterior, pendent concentric semicircles below a thick band. Exterior smoothed.

  • Body of closed vessel
    Body of closed vessel

    R8 Cat. HoB 177

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Body fragment. Buff micaceous clay; red on buff decoration. Exterior, pendent concentric semicircles (more of the circle completed than usual) below a wide band.

  • Body of closed vessel
    Body of closed vessel

    R8 Cat. HoB 178

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Body fragment. Buff micaceous clay. Exterior, brown pendent concentric semicircles.

  • Large Black on Red Lydian Geometric biconical pot stand, or foot of a large krater
    Large Black on Red Lydian Geometric biconical pot stand, or foot of a large krater

    R8 Cat. HoB 179

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Four joining fragments plus an additional small fragment of a Lydian biconical pot stand or foot of large krater. Micaceous body with considerable mineral inclusions in body. Core is gray.

    Intense black geometric ornament on strong red body, decorated...

  • Gray Ware cup or bowl
    Gray Ware cup or bowl

    R8 Cat. HoB 180

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Handle and body fragment of a shallow Gray Ware cup or bowl. Light, silvery, self-slipped, and polished surface with a body reduced to a uniform gray throughout. Rim has a slightly squared lip. Rim is thinner than the rest of the vessel. Large, round...

  • Gray Ware handled bowl
    Gray Ware handled bowl

    R8 Cat. HoB 181

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Bowl with high handle that joins wall. A wide recessed band below rim on exterior. Silvery wash on exterior and interior.

  • Gray Ware bowl
    Gray Ware bowl

    R8 Cat. HoB 182

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    9th c BC or earlier (Early Lydian)

    Gray Ware shallow bowl. Rim and wall preserved. Nicked rim. Polished interior and exterior.

    Ninth century or earlier.

  • Bowl rim and strap handle
    Bowl rim and strap handle

    R8 Cat. HoB 183

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Flat semicircular ledge rim with vertical strap handle connected to the body of the bowl with a pinch. Reddish-buff micaceous clay. Sharp carination in vessel below the attachment of the handle.

  • Gray Ware bowl
    Gray Ware bowl

    R8 Cat. HoB 184

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Rim and pierced lug handle of small shallow Gray Ware bowl. Two horizontal grooves below rim on exterior. Handle has a vertical suspension hole that shows wear from string. Some polishing on interior.

  • Small Gray Ware cup
    Small Gray Ware cup

    R8 Cat. HoB 185

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Cup with slightly everted lip and flaring walls. Gray micaceous clay. Stump of handle near point of carination; handle would be a vertical band handle; flat base. Interior and exterior both have traces of silvery wash and are smoothed.

  • Thick-walled Gray Ware cup
    Thick-walled Gray Ware cup

    R8 Cat. HoB 186

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Base and wall fragment of a cup with low point of carination and a flat, circular base. Dark gray micaceous clay. Thick walls. Exterior polished.

  • Small buff cup
    Small buff cup

    R8 Cat. HoB 187

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Base and wall of small cup. Orangish-buff micaceous fabric. Carination above flat disk foot. Smoothed on exterior and interior.

  • Gray Ware cup fragment
    Gray Ware cup fragment

    R8 Cat. HoB 188

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Small cup with simple, vertical rim, flaring walls, low carination at which there remains a stump from the base of a handle; flat base. Light gray micaceous clay. Smoothed interior and exterior.

  • Gray Ware cup
    Gray Ware cup

    R8 Cat. HoB 189

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Small cup. Light gray micaceous clay. Low point of carination with base of vertical band handle; flat base; slightly flaring walls; simple, vertical rim. Walls thicken considerably near base.

  • Large Gray Ware cup
    Large Gray Ware cup

    R8 Cat. HoB 190

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Rather large cup with everted rim and three grooves lower down on body. Fine gray micaceous clay. Silvery wash on interior and exterior. Exterior is polished.

  • Gray Ware cup
    Gray Ware cup

    R8 Cat. HoB 191

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Flaring slightly offset rim fragment of cup. Gray micaceous fabric. In the band created by the offset rim there are irregularly shaped roughly circular stamped impressions. Silvery wash in the interior. Exterior worn. Smoothed on exterior and interio...

  • Gray Ware cup with ribbing
    Gray Ware cup with ribbing

    R8 Cat. HoB 192

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Fragment of slightly everted rim of cup with thin walls. Gray micaceous fabric. Exterior has ribbing. Some traces of silvery wash on interior and fewer on exterior. Smoothed exterior and interior.

  • Small buff cup
    Small buff cup

    R8 Cat. HoB 193

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Base of small cup. Buff fabric with red slip on exterior and interior. Wall and flat base remain.

  • Buff beaker
    Buff beaker

    R8 Cat. HoB 194

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Rim and rounded bottom of a cylindrical vessel. Buff micaceous fabric. Slightly everted rim. Thin walls at top of vessel give way to thicker walls. Low carination near the bottom of the preserved fragment.