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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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  • Gray Ware krater
    Gray Ware krater

    R8 Cat. HoB 195

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Rim, handle, and part of body of a large Gray Ware krater. Two strap handles (one joining); each has a central ridge, and a semicircular thumb rest at the top. Neck is vertical. Rim has a recessed ledge to accommodate a lid. Rim flares outward. Exter...

  • Buff Ware lid with knob handle
    Buff Ware lid with knob handle

    R8 Cat. HoB 196

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Domical lid with ledge rim and rounded, concave knob on top. Brownish-buff coarse clay with some mica. Two holes pierced on either side of knob, and areas worn on exterior of knob from a string. Wear shows also on interior of lid. Traces of reddish-b...

  • Lid of a vessel
    Lid of a vessel

    R8 Cat. HoB 197

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Handle and top of conical lid. Orangish-buff micaceous fabric with quartz inclusions. Handle is round, concave in the middle, and has a flat upper surface resembling a flaring ring foot.

  • Coarse Gray Ware jug
    Coarse Gray Ware jug

    R8 Cat. HoB 198

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    9th c BC or earlier (Early Lydian)

    Band handle and everted rim of jug; slight ridge at join of neck to shoulder. Large white quartz (?) inclusions.

    Ninth century or earlier.

  • Gray Ware jug
    Gray Ware jug

    R8 Cat. HoB 199

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Vertical handle fragment with part of rim of Gray Ware jug. Gray micaceous clay. Handle made of two round rolls of clay joined together. Two bosses are at the outermost edge of each side of the handle where it meets the jug rim.

  • Gray Ware jug
    Gray Ware jug

    R8 Cat. HoB 200

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Vertical strap handle with pronounced central rib of Gray Ware jug. Gray micaceous clay. Very small part of the rim where the handle attaches is preserved. Handle smoothed.

  • Gray Ware storage jar with ridges
    Gray Ware storage jar with ridges

    R8 Cat. HoB 201

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Vertical neck with ledge rim of Gray Ware storage jar. Dark gray micaceous clay. On the underside of the ledge rim is a narrow, raised band. Four raised ridges encircle the neck. Small repair hole above raised bands. Exterior and interior are smoothe...

  • Jar with sign or decoration
    Jar with sign or decoration

    R8 Cat. HoB 202

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Ledge rim of a large storage jar. Buff orange micaceous clay. Incised into the wet clay was an irregular-shaped sign or decoration made with a pointed tool. Traces of burning on interior and exterior.

  • Gray Ware storage jar with wavy lines
    Gray Ware storage jar with wavy lines

    R8 Cat. HoB 203

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Fragment of Gray Ware storage jar. Incised decoration of two wavy lines between double horizontal bands. Silvery wash over exterior surface.

  • Gray Ware storage jar
    Gray Ware storage jar

    R8 Cat. HoB 204

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Shoulder fragment of Gray Ware storage jar. Two pairs of incised wavy lines between horizontal bands.

  • Gray Ware base and ring foot
    Gray Ware base and ring foot

    R8 Cat. HoB 205

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Heavy ware, thick-walled. Base flares out. Polished inside. Silvery wash on exterior and interior.

  • Globular buff closed vessel
    Globular buff closed vessel

    R8 Cat. HoB 206

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Neck and shoulder of globular vessel. Brownish-buff micaceous clay with gray core. Neck made separately from the rest of the vessel. Three grooved channels mark transition from neck to shoulder.

  • Gray Ware twisted handle with grooves
    Gray Ware twisted handle with grooves

    R8 Cat. HoB 207

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Attachment scar at one end. Silvery wash.

  • Gray Ware vessel with lug handle
    Gray Ware vessel with lug handle

    R8 Cat. HoB 208

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Small Gray Ware vessel with slightly everted rim and rounded lip. Small lug handle with vertical perforated hole. Polished on exterior.

  • Closed vessel (lid?) with projecting lug or boss
    Closed vessel (lid?) with projecting lug or boss

    R8 Cat. HoB 209

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Flat-ended projecting lug, cylindrical in section and impressed with two diagonal lines forming an X. Made by a round shaped implement such as a small bone that was pressed in the clay. Was apparently cut down for reuse, perhaps as a game piece. Dark...

  • Gray Ware handle
    Gray Ware handle

    R8 Cat. HoB 210

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Oval, vertical handle fragment with the base splayed into three parts with the central one pronounced. Dark gray micaceous fabric. Polished.

  • Handmade buff lug foot
    Handmade buff lug foot

    R8 Cat. HoB 211

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Lug foot was scraped and tooled while wet; almost pointed. Orangish-buff micaceous clay. Exterior and interior appear smoothed.

  • Fragment of painted vessel, turned into a loom weight?
    Fragment of painted vessel, turned into a loom weight?

    R8 Cat. HoB 212

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Fragment from an unknown part of a painted vessel; buff micaceous clay. Red compass-drawn pendent semicircles below a band. The remains of a sizable hole indicates that this was reused as a disk with a hole, possibly a loom weight. Compare PC 50.

  • Strainer
    Strainer

    R8 Cat. HoB 213

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Buff Ware strainer. Red fabric with some mica. Many holes, all pierced from the same side, are not pierced in any discernable pattern and in one case, two holes overlap. Interior smoothed.

  • Cylindrical pot stand (?)
    Cylindrical pot stand (?)

    R8 Cat. HoB 214

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Part of body of cylindrical ceramic object, possibly a pot stand. Hard-fired micaceous monochrome clay. Fragment has a shallow groove running the circumference of its interior surface; looks almost as if done with a finger, except that it has many na...

  • Gray Ware baby feeder
    Gray Ware baby feeder

    R8 Cat. HoB 215

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Squat, globular body of a feeder. Part of body and all of nipple with hole preserved. Cf. baby feeders from Pactolus Cliff: PC 12, PC 136.

  • Pithos
    Pithos

    R8 Cat. HoB 216

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Many fragments of a complete plain red gritty pithos. Flat thickened rim. Disk foot. Smoothed surface inside and outside. The mending holes indicate that it could not have held liquid in its final state. Found with its own neck inside the body, along...

  • Clay basin
    Clay basin

    R8 Cat. HoB 217

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    One fragment preserving rim, wall, and part of base of clay basin. Thick vertical walls, and a flat base. Probably would have been oval. Surface has crumbled away in many areas. Unidentified black traces on the interior surface and evidence of burnin...

  • Globular cooking pot
    Globular cooking pot

    R8 Cat. HoB 218

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Rim and upper body of a globular cooking pot with everted rim. Coarse, gray micaceous fabric. Two rows of short diagonal dashes stamped along neck. Exterior and interior burned.

  • Large Gray Ware storage vessel
    Large Gray Ware storage vessel

    R8 Cat. HoB 219

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Fragment of a thick-walled and sharply carinated vessel with a T-shaped rim. Reddish-gray micaceous clay. Polished on outside and smoothed on interior. Silvery exterior.

    Analyzed by M. Kerschner (sample Sard 44).