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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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  • Hammer-shaped loom weight
    Hammer-shaped loom weight

    R8 Cat. HoB 220

    Weaving Equipment

    Terracotta

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

    Temper: none.

  • Hammer-shaped loom weight
    Hammer-shaped loom weight

    R8 Cat. HoB 221

    Weaving Equipment

    Terracotta

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

    Temper: chaff.

  • Hammer-shaped loom weight
    Hammer-shaped loom weight

    R8 Cat. HoB 222

    Weaving Equipment

    Terracotta

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

    Temper: chaff.

  • Hammer-shaped loom weight
    Hammer-shaped loom weight

    R8 Cat. HoB 223

    Weaving Equipment

    Terracotta

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

    Temper: gritty with chaff.

  • Hammer-shaped loom weight
    Hammer-shaped loom weight

    R8 Cat. HoB 224

    Weaving Equipment

    Terracotta

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

    Temper: none.

  • Hammer-shaped loom weight
    Hammer-shaped loom weight

    R8 Cat. HoB 225

    Weaving Equipment

    Terracotta

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

    Temper: chaff.

  • Hammer-shaped loom weight
    Hammer-shaped loom weight

    R8 Cat. HoB 226

    Weaving Equipment

    Terracotta

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

    Temper: none.

  • Hammer-shaped loom weight
    Hammer-shaped loom weight

    R8 Cat. HoB 227

    Weaving Equipment

    Terracotta

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

    Temper: stony.

  • Hammer-shaped loom weight
    Hammer-shaped loom weight

    R8 Cat. HoB 228

    Weaving Equipment

    Terracotta

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

    Temper: none.

  • Hammer-shaped loom weight
    Hammer-shaped loom weight

    R8 Cat. HoB 229

    Weaving Equipment

    Terracotta

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

    Temper: gritty with chaff.

  • Terracotta spit holder
    Terracotta spit holder

    R8 Cat. HoB 230

    Pottery

    Terracotta

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

    A terracotta fragment of a spit holder. Gray fabric core, pink on smooth surfaces. Perhaps rectangular in its original form, but now broken on both sides. Triangular in section (wider at base, tapering toward top), with uneven ridges and depressions ...

  • Doughnut-shaped loom weight
    Doughnut-shaped loom weight

    R8 Cat. HoB 231

    Weaving Equipment

    Terracotta

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

    Circular loom weight, flat on one side and more rounded on the other. Orangish-buff micaceous clay; no temper except for a few stones. Hole perforated through middle, slightly off center, with wear from string line on one side.

  • Spindle whorl
    Spindle whorl

    R8 Cat. HoB 232

    Weaving Equipment

    Terracotta

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

    Biconical spindle whorl. Buff micaceous clay. Low carination with larger, steep sloping upper section and much shorter lower section; slightly concave base; round hole runs through the middle.

  • High-arched fibula
    High-arched fibula

    R8 Cat. HoB 233

    Metalwork, Jewelry and Ornaments

    Bronze/Copper Alloy

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

    Bronze high-arched fibula with coil springs and part of catch plate preserved. Arch decorated with three biconical beads.

    Hanfmann, "Sardis 1966," p. 36 and fig. 14. Sardis M8, cat. no. 670, p. 113 for description, discussion, and bibliography. Hanfma...

  • Bronze needle
    Bronze needle

    R8 Cat. HoB 234

    Metalwork, Weaving Equipment

    Bronze/Copper Alloy

    Early Iron Age (Early Lydian)

    Long bronze needle, complete. Tapered shaft with a sharp point at one end and a pointed head with pierced oval eye at other. Bent about 2.5 cm below head.

    Early Iron Age.

  • Bronze pin
    Bronze pin

    R8 Cat. HoB 235

    Metalwork, Weaving Equipment, Jewelry and Ornaments

    Bronze/Copper Alloy

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

    Bronze shaft of a pin that is rectangular in section and tapers to a point at the end. The other end is slightly curved as if to form a roll.

  • Iron knife blade
    Iron knife blade

    R8 Cat. HoB 236

    Metalwork

    iron

    Early Iron Age (Early Lydian)

    Corroded end of iron knife. Back curves outward; inner edge has a different curve.

    Early Iron Age.

  • Iron sickle blade
    Iron sickle blade

    R8 Cat. HoB 237

    Metalwork

    Iron

    Early Iron Age (Early Lydian)

    Sickle blade, encrusted. Concave blade curves to a pointed tip.

    Early Iron Age.

  • Iron hook
    Iron hook

    R8 Cat. HoB 238

    Metalwork

    iron

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

    U-shaped iron hook, round in section, tapering to a point. On one side it is broken off at the curve.

  • Small stone pounder
    Small stone pounder

    R8 Cat. HoB 239

    Stone Implement

    Stone

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

    A dense igneous stone with iron stains and inclusions. Rounded stone; triangular in shape with rounded top. Ovoid bottom is relatively flat and bears traces of cutting marks. Wear on rounded top suggests that this was the end that was used for poundi...

  • Whetstone, cut down and reused
    Whetstone, cut down and reused

    R8 Cat. HoB 240

    Stone Implement

    Stone

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

    Oblong, rectangular stone rounded on most preserved edges. Smoothed on both faces and worn from use. In the center of the rounded end there is a perforated hole for suspension. The other end of the stone is bulbous, broken and jagged, but worn as if ...

  • Stone celt
    Stone celt

    R8 Cat. HoB 241

    Stone Implement

    Stone

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

    Triangular-shaped celt; the cutting edge is narrowed. Worn on one side of the cutting edge. Highly polished.

  • Green schist seal with goat design
    Green schist seal with goat design

    R8 Cat. HoB 242

    Seal

    Schist, Stone

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

    Small, rounded green schist with an engraved goat. Goat is linear in style with downward turned head and two long vertical horns.

  • Imported Geometric cup
    Imported Geometric cup

    R8 Cat. HoB 243

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Cup fragment with geometric design. Fine pinkish-buff micaceous clay. Vertical rim, slightly offset. Brown painted decoration. Exterior rim has band of diamonds with a dot at the center, bordered on either side by two horizontal bands. Below rim is a...

  • Black on Red pot stand or foot of large krater
    Black on Red pot stand or foot of large krater

    R8 Cat. HoB 244

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Fragment of a Black on Red pot stand or krater foot. Coarse, red micaceous clay with a gray core. Strong black color and red slipped. Exterior decoration consists of a crosshatched meander pattern that alternates with a large crosshatched vertical re...