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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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  • Attic Black Glaze Fish Plate Fragment
    Attic Black Glaze Fish Plate Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 568

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Rim fragment. Similar to Att 564.

  • Attic Black Glaze Fish Plate Fragment
    Attic Black Glaze Fish Plate Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 569

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Rim fragment. Similar to Att 564.

  • Attic Black Figure Small Bowl Fragment
    Attic Black Figure Small Bowl Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 570

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    400-375 BC (?) (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Foot with a broad base. Reserved: resting surface and underside with a broad band, two circles, and a central dot.

  • Attic Black Glaze Small Bowl Fragments
    Attic Black Glaze Small Bowl Fragments

    M10 Cat. Att 571

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 350-325 BC or Hellenistic (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Broad base fragments. Reserved: resting surface and a broad band at the join of the foot and wall. Metallic glaze suggests an Ionian imitation, but chemical analysis confirms that the piece is Attic (Appendix 2, sample AP 11b).

  • Attic Black Glaze Small Bowl
    Attic Black Glaze Small Bowl

    M10 Cat. Att 572

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    similar to Att 571

  • Attic Black Glaze Small Bowl
    Attic Black Glaze Small Bowl

    M10 Cat. Att 573

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    similar to Att 571.

  • Attic Black Glaze Small Bowl Fragment
    Attic Black Glaze Small Bowl Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 574

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Rim fragment. Similar to Att 571.

  • Attic Black Glaze Small Bowl Fragment
    Attic Black Glaze Small Bowl Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 575

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Rim and wall.

  • Attic Black Glaze Small Bowl Fragment
    Attic Black Glaze Small Bowl Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 576

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Foot. Two fragments, one reserved at the base of the wall and on the molding, groove at top of the foot.

  • Attic Black Glaze Saltcellar Fragment
    Attic Black Glaze Saltcellar Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 577

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 430-400 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of body with echinus wall. Flat underside misfired red.

  • Attic Black Glaze Saltcellar Fragment
    Attic Black Glaze Saltcellar Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 578

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 375-350 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Wall fragment. Dated by analogy to Agora XII, 302, nos. 944--47, fig. 9.

  • Attic Black Glaze Saltcellar Fragment
    Attic Black Glaze Saltcellar Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 579

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 375-350 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Ring foot with a grooved resting surface, about one-third preserved. Scraped groove at junction of the foot and wall. Heavily pitted and worn.

  • Attic Black Glaze Saltcellar
    Attic Black Glaze Saltcellar

    M10 Cat. Att 580

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 350-325 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Reserved grooved resting surface. Scratched groove at the join of the foot and wall. Nipple on the underside.

  • Attic Black Glaze Saltcellar Fragment
    Attic Black Glaze Saltcellar Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 581

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 350-325 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Footed, one side preserved. Shape similar to Att 580.

  • Attic Black Glaze Saltcellar Fragment
    Attic Black Glaze Saltcellar Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 582

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 350-325 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Footed, one side preserved. Shape similar to Att 580. Reserved: grooved resting surface and join of foot and wall.

  • Attic Black Glaze Saltcellar Fragments
    Attic Black Glaze Saltcellar Fragments

    M10 Cat. Att 583

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Two rim fragments from a pair; not from the same pot.

  • Attic Black Glaze Saltcellar Fragments
    Attic Black Glaze Saltcellar Fragments

    M10 Cat. Att 584

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Two rim fragments from a pair; not from the same pot.

  • Attic Black Glaze Miniature Kothon Fragment
    Attic Black Glaze Miniature Kothon Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 585

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    600-550 BC (Lydian)

    Fragment of body. Reserved except for a wide band on the lower part of the body, and dots between thick lines on the upper part of the body. Possibly one of the earliest pieces of Attic black glaze to arrive at Sardis.

  • Attic Black Glaze Kothon
    Attic Black Glaze Kothon

    M10 Cat. Att 586

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 500 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of foot and body. Molded ring foot, rounded on the inner side. Sharp angle between the lower and upper walls. Reserved: lower torus of foot and resting surface. Miltos on flat recessed bottom and upper torus of the foot. Fine black glaze ins...

  • Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragments
    Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragments

    M10 Cat. Att 103

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Seven joining, three non-joining fragments. Exterior: crude lotus and palmettes, linked by chain pattern with added purple blob on top of the center frond. Interior: a reserved band at the rim and reserved tondo. Two small red concentric circles at t...

  • Attic Black Glaze Bolsal Fragments
    Attic Black Glaze Bolsal Fragments

    M10 Cat. Att 378

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 430-420 BC ()

    Fragments of bowl and foot. Small palmettes radiate from a pattern of ovules which are bordered by two concentric circles. Exterior: ring foot has a round profile on the inside, a sharp angle on the outside. On the lower wall, two incised grooves and...

  • Attic Black Glaze Ring Foot, Base, or Bowl Floor Fragment
    Attic Black Glaze Ring Foot, Base, or Bowl Floor Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 518

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Grooved resting surface; palmettes, rouletting in concentric circles.

  • Attic Early Geometric One-Handled Cup
    Attic Early Geometric One-Handled Cup

    M10 Cat. Att App. 1

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Restored from fragments. Several pieces of the body and most of the surface of the handle are missing. Black glaze overall, except the following reserve areas: a band below the rim on the exterior, the bottom of the wall (ca. 0.01), and the entire un...

  • Attic Middle Geometric Skyphos
    Attic Middle Geometric Skyphos

    M10 Cat. Att App. 2

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 800-750 BC ()

    Middle Geometric II. Handles missing. Three horizontal bands on the lip. Handle zone reserved: nine vertical lines on each side within the reserved panel; three horizontal bands on the bottom, and in the center, twelve chevrons to right, and a dot on...

  • Attic Black Figure Oinochoe
    Attic Black Figure Oinochoe

    M10 Cat. Att App. 3

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 500-480 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Chase, "Field Notes": "On neck, simple maeander, bordered above and below by a single line; on shoulder, ... tongue pattern bordered above and below by a single line, and defining top of main field; at either side of main field, three vertical lines ...