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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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  • Black on Red closed vessel
    Black on Red closed vessel

    R8 Cat. HoB 270

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Thin body fragment in fine red micaceous clay. Tan slip; Black on Red decoration. Exterior, crosshatched meander pattern.

  • Gray Ware mesomphalic bowl
    Gray Ware mesomphalic bowl

    R8 Cat. HoB 271

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Two joining pieces provide complete profile of Gray Ware mesomphalic bowl. Shallow nicked rim. Low omphalos comes to a point. Slight circular ring indentation to set off omphalos on interior. Interior, silvery wash.

  • Gray Ware cup
    Gray Ware cup

    R8 Cat. HoB 272

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Thin-walled cup with flaring walls; rim slightly everted. Gray micaceous fabric; silvery wash. Throw lines clearly evident on interior.

  • Gray Ware cup
    Gray Ware cup

    R8 Cat. HoB 273

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Fragment of a cup with flaring walls that lead to a flat bottom. Gray micaceous clay. Light silvery wash on interior and exterior. Interior and exterior both smoothed.

  • Small Gray Ware cup
    Small Gray Ware cup

    R8 Cat. HoB 274

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Cup with rounded lip; nearly vertical wall until carination. Dark gray micaceous clay. Interior and exterior have traces of silvery wash and are both polished.

  • Pithos with incised groove decoration
    Pithos with incised groove decoration

    R8 Cat. HoB 275

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Large body fragment of coarse pithos. Reddish-buff clay with some mica. Finger-made groove. Below, three rows of incised diagonal marks alternate in direction, making a herringbone pattern. Below this is a field of crosshatching with large diamonds.

  • Wattle and daub wall or ceiling chunks with reed impressions
    Wattle and daub wall or ceiling chunks with reed impressions

    R8 Cat. HoB 276

    Architecture

    Terracotta

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

    Some reed impressions are parallel, and others run perpendicular to one another. Reddish-buff, coarse, micaceous lightly baked clay.

  • Bone toggle
    Bone toggle

    R8 Cat. HoB 277

    Bone and Ivory, Jewelry and Ornaments

    Bone

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

    Cylindrical-shaped bone toggle that is slightly flattened. Tapers to a somewhat rounded point on either end. Polished.

  • Black on Red plate
    Black on Red plate

    R8 Cat. HoB 278

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Large fragment of a plate with a band of pendent semicircles at the rim. Standing and pendent concentric semicircles, with a black line between them, form what looks like a wave decoration. A crosshatched rectangle off the center was one arm of a cen...

  • Black on Red plate
    Black on Red plate

    R8 Cat. HoB 279

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Fragment from a plate that was covered with standing and pendent concentric semicircles, with a broad black line between them, forming an apparent wave decoration. Traces of another row of semicircles or circles closer to the center of the plate. Sim...

  • Large Bichrome krater
    Large Bichrome krater

    R8 Cat. HoB 280

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    A lower body fragment of a krater with black patterns over red slip and bands of white paint on top of the slip. Crosshatched squares between horizontal lines on alternating red and white bands. Interior red slipped.

  • Cup, perhaps Cycladic or Euboean Middle Geometric
    Cup, perhaps Cycladic or Euboean Middle Geometric

    R8 Cat. HoB 281

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    First half of the 8th c BC (Early Lydian)

    Five fragments (three joining) of the rim and body of a cup. Dark brown paint on a pinkish-buff body. Below rim, a band of concentric circles with one line above and three lines below. Then solid dark paint with a trace of a reserved rectangle. Inter...

  • Large whetstone or polishing stone
    Large whetstone or polishing stone

    R8 Cat. HoB 282

    Stone Implement

    Stone

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

    Rectangular stone with rounded ends. The top dips down in the middle and is smoothed by wear.

  • Large shallow bowl
    Large shallow bowl

    R8 Cat. HoB 283

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Large shallow bowl with reddish pendent semicircles with a dot at center below rim. Clay is buff colored. A pinkish slip over most of it, but reserved on the exterior below the rim. On body, two broad bands in reddish paint. Top of rim and broad band...

  • Large Black on Red bowl
    Large Black on Red bowl

    R8 Cat. HoB 284

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Wide overhanging ledge rim. Black lines radiating on rim. A checkerboard pattern of crosshatched squares, separated by black lines. Exterior and interior red slipped.

  • Black on Red cup rim
    Black on Red cup rim

    R8 Cat. HoB 285

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Black on Red cup with nicked rim. Brownish-red micaceous clay. Exterior rim has duller black band followed by a narrow line just below rim; body has two wavy bands with three lines below.

  • East Greek bird kotyle
    East Greek bird kotyle

    R8 Cat. HoB 286

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 700-660 BC. (Early Lydian)

    Two joining fragments of the wall of a buff-colored cup. Panel with lozenges near top. Then two horizontal lines, with a zigzag below and at least three more horizontal lines. Vertical lines painted at left. Interior: traces of black paint. Bird skyp...

  • Round-mouthed Black on Red jug
    Round-mouthed Black on Red jug

    R8 Cat. HoB 287

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Rim and neck of jug fragment with concentric circles crossing a band just below rim. Dark band at junction of neck and shoulder. Gray slip inside neck.

  • Large East Greek closed vessel
    Large East Greek closed vessel

    R8 Cat. HoB 288

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    The lower body of a jug (?). Dark brown paint on buff clay. Solid black below and a series of bands, thicker and thinner, above. Interior unglazed. Fragment has been burned and discolored.

  • White Bichrome jar
    White Bichrome jar

    R8 Cat. HoB 289

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Several pieces of the shoulder and body of a white Bichrome jar decorated with patterns set radially around the neck: At top, a white band with checkerboard squares. Then, diagonally crosshatched checkerboard and diamond patterns, as well as a trace ...

  • Gray Ware cup
    Gray Ware cup

    R8 Cat. HoB 290

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Flat base and outwardly flaring walls. Bottom heavily worn. Base of the handle preserved. Polished on exterior. Clay has gone pinkish on exterior.

  • Fragment of Black on Red shallow bowl
    Fragment of Black on Red shallow bowl

    R8 Cat. HoB 291

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Rim of shallow bowl. Purple-black band at rim, with rectangles filled with diagonal crosshatching below. Three bands below that. Polished before painting. Interior polished.

  • Imported Geometric cup
    Imported Geometric cup

    R8 Cat. HoB 292

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Small fragment of a cup in buff clay with nicked rim. Rim painted on top and exterior with orange-brown paint. On upper body, below rim, concentric circles. Interior painted the same orange-brown (cf. HoB 281, although this one is finer).

  • Shoulder of a Black on Red jug
    Shoulder of a Black on Red jug

    R8 Cat. HoB 293

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Fragment of shoulder preserves a trace of the turn to the neck. Metopal decoration in Black on Red, made up of four vertical lines alternating with wavy lines. Then two horizontal lines with four horizontal wavy lines made with a multiple brush betwe...

  • Gray Ware lid with impressed triangles
    Gray Ware lid with impressed triangles

    R8 Cat. HoB 294

    Pottery

    Ceramic

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

    Four body fragments (two joining) of a lightly arched lid, found over a large area. Reddish-gray micaceous fabric. Raised band with impressed triangles alternating between upside-down and right-side-up triangles, evidently made with a rolling stamp. ...