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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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Select a Sardis CATNUM from the list below. CATNUM is made up from object type, year, and sequential number. BI = Bone Implement; G = Glass; J = Jewelry; L = Lamp; M = Metal; NoEx = not excavated; Org = Organic; P = Pottery; S = Sculpture. Coins are numbered with the year of discovery and a running number, or year, C, and a running number. Currently (Feb. 2020) this doesn't give a complete list, only the first 99 entries; to find a specific CATNUM, please use the full-text search at the top of the page.

Select a historical period from the (alphabetical) list below. Note that periods are defined culturally rather than politically, so Lydian (rather than Archaic) refers to the period ca. 800 BC - ca. 547 BC; Late Lydian or Persian (rather than Late Archaic or Classical) from ca. 547 until ca. 330 BC; Hellenistic until the earthquake of 17 AD; Roman and Late Roman continue until the early 7th century AD, except for coins where, as traditional, Prof. Evans begins the Byzantine period in the 6th century.

Select a publication name from the list below. LATW = Lydians and Their World (2010). R2 = Hanfmann and Ramage, Sculpture from Sardis (1978). R8 = 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 (2021). M10 = Schaeffer, Ramage, and Greenewalt, The Corinthian, Attic, and Pottery from Sardis (1997). M13 = Evans, Coins from the Excavations at Sardis, 1973-2013 (2018). M14 = Petzl, Sardis: Greek and Latin Inscriptions, Part II (2019).

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The stratigraphic contexts (findspots) of artifacts from Sardis are recorded at different levels of specificity. Sector is the most general, referring to a broad area of the city. Trenches are yearly excavation areas (in current usage) or more specific areas of sectors (in early records which used a different excavation system). A Locus is a single stratigraphic unit, i.e. a single deposit of soil, a destruction level, a grave, a dump or other deposit. For instance, MMS-I 84.1 Locus 34 is the destruction level from one room of a Lydian house just inside the fortification wall in sector MMS, containing a rich deposit of Lydian pottery and other artifacts. Note that loci can be continued over a number of years, and so belong to different trenches, if the same stratigraphic unit is excavated over a number of years. For a list of sectors see Hanfmann and Waldbaum, A Survey of Sardis and the Major Monuments Outside the City Walls (Sardis R1, 1975), 13-16. Currently (2020) in order to search for a specific locus, you must search for Trench first to narrow the results, and then search within that for the locus. Sorry.

The stratigraphic contexts (findspots) of artifacts from Sardis are recorded at different levels of specificity. Sector is the most general, referring to a broad area of the city. Trenches are yearly excavation areas (in current usage) or more specific areas of sectors (in early records which used a different excavation system). A Locus is a single stratigraphic unit, i.e. a single deposit of soil, a destruction level, a grave, a dump or other deposit. For instance, MMS-I 84.1 Locus 34 is the destruction level from one room of a Lydian house just inside the fortification wall in sector MMS, containing a rich deposit of Lydian pottery and other artifacts. Note that loci can be continued over a number of years, and so belong to different trenches, if the same stratigraphic unit is excavated over a number of years. For a list of sectors see Hanfmann and Waldbaum, A Survey of Sardis and the Major Monuments Outside the City Walls (Sardis R1, 1975), 13-16. Currently (2020) in order to search for a specific locus, you must search for Trench first to narrow the results, and then search within that for the locus. Sorry.

The stratigraphic contexts (findspots) of artifacts from Sardis are recorded at different levels of specificity. Sector is the most general, referring to a broad area of the city. Trenches are yearly excavation areas (in current usage) or more specific areas of sectors (in early records which used a different excavation system). A Locus is a single stratigraphic unit, i.e. a single deposit of soil, a destruction level, a grave, a dump or other deposit. For instance, MMS-I 84.1 Locus 34 is the destruction level from one room of a Lydian house just inside the fortification wall in sector MMS, containing a rich deposit of Lydian pottery and other artifacts. Note that loci can be continued over a number of years, and so belong to different trenches, if the same stratigraphic unit is excavated over a number of years. For a list of sectors see Hanfmann and Waldbaum, A Survey of Sardis and the Major Monuments Outside the City Walls (Sardis R1, 1975), 13-16. Currently (2020) in order to search for a specific locus, you must search for Trench first to narrow the results, and then search within that for the locus. Sorry.

Showing 45 results for:   R8 / HoB Lydian III - Central Area
  • Gray Ware trefoil jug
    Gray Ware trefoil jug

    R8 Cat. HoB 337

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: last quarter of 8th c BC (Lydian)

    Trefoil mouth and neck of a large Gray Ware jug with silvery wash. Spout of trefoil is pronounced and narrow. Evidence of handle attachment indicates a band handle running from rim to shoulder.

  • Gray Ware krater with mending holes
    Gray Ware krater with mending holes

    R8 Cat. HoB 338

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: last quarter of 8th c BC (Lydian)

    Many fragments, some joining, of a large carinated, thick-walled krater that sustained discoloration from heavy burning. Wide ledge rim, ridged on the underside. Spool handle with loop rising vertically from the rim. A narrow decorative ridge from ri...

  • Gray Ware lid
    Gray Ware lid

    R8 Cat. HoB 339

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: last quarter of 8th c BC (Lydian)

    Large, domical Gray Ware lid with inward-turned rim. Coarse, dark clay. Stump of handle remains; presumably a matching one on the other side. Reconstituted from pieces found at several spots in the Central Area. Imprint of yarn around the edge; appar...

  • Gray Ware lid
    Gray Ware lid

    R8 Cat. HoB 340

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: last quarter of 8th c BC (Lydian)

    Small, circular lid with band handle. Gritty, micaceous fabric. A spoon or ladle slot cut from the edge of the lid on axis with the handle. Wet-smoothed on upper surface; underside roughly scraped.

  • Dark Gray Ware jug
    Dark Gray Ware jug

    R8 Cat. HoB 341

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: last quarter of 8th c BC (Lydian)

    Nearly complete Gray Ware jug. Raised band at join of shoulder and neck. Thin-walled mouth. Globular body with flat base. Band handle attaches from the rim to the shoulder. Surface has been well smoothed.

  • Coarse gray jar
    Coarse gray jar

    R8 Cat. HoB 342

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: last quarter of 8th c BC (Lydian)

    Neck, shoulder, and handle of jar. Coarse fabric with heavy inclusions. Small neck with ridge running along join where it meets shoulder. Two loop handles on shoulder. Part of one vertical band handle, along with evidence for a second corresponding h...

  • Gray Ware handle
    Gray Ware handle

    R8 Cat. HoB 343

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: last quarter of 8th c BC (Lydian)

    Handle made of three coils of dark gray micaceous clay. Triple round handle with two larger coils supporting a smaller one on top; the smaller band of clay is flanked by two bosses at its base. Highly polished.

  • Spout of a Gray Ware baby feeder
    Spout of a Gray Ware baby feeder

    R8 Cat. HoB 344

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: last quarter of 8th c BC (Lydian)

    Only the spout preserved. Round in cross section.

  • Imported Brown on Buff large metopal deep bowl
    Imported Brown on Buff large metopal deep bowl

    R8 Cat. HoB 345

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Context: last quarter of 8th c BC (Lydian)

    Brown on Buff bowl. Simple rim with rounded lip. Exterior of bowl has a series of ten painted vertical lines that alternate with five vertical wavy lines. These lines are bordered at the lower side by three thicker horizontal bands that encircle the ...

  • Imported Geometric painted bowl
    Imported Geometric painted bowl

    R8 Cat. HoB 346

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Third quarter of the 8th c BC (Lydian)

    Rim sherd of bowl (or skyphos?) with nicked rim. Exterior painted with black on a buff surface. Scheme shows three “metope” lines at left side; in center, a vertical rectangle filled with a network of lozenges with smaller lozenges inside; then an ad...

  • Greek Geometric cup
    Greek Geometric cup

    R8 Cat. HoB 347

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Second half of the 8th c BC. (Lydian)

    Small fragment of Greek Geometric cup (bird skyphos group). Fine, buff clay with dark inclusions. Part of geometric tree design with three vertical lines to right. Dark band at rim. Interior dark.

    M. Kerschner assigned this to the second half of the e...

  • East Greek bird skyphos
    East Greek bird skyphos

    R8 Cat. HoB 348

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 725–675 BC (Lydian)

    Bird skyphos with nicked rim and a black band. Fine buff clay. Exterior below band at rim is a metopal frieze with a geometric tree and crosshatched bird separated by vertical lines. Interior painted dark. Both exterior and interior polished.