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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.

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  • Small Head of a Woman?
    Small Head of a Woman?

    R2 Cat. 229

    Sculpture

    Serpentine, Stone

    5th or 4th Millennium BC (Neolithic)

    The head is broken from a figurine; enough of the neck remains to show that the head was turned to the proper r. and upward. There is a triangular crease in the center of the forehead. The eyes are asymmetrical, the r. one oval, the I. longer and sli...

  • Frieze with Grazing Deer
    Frieze with Grazing Deer

    R2 Cat. 230

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    600-550 BC (Lydian)

    The square joints at the sides are preserved. The flat moulding is similar to but thinner than that above the relief on Cat. 231 (Fig. 401). In Cat. 230, it runs horizontally below the frieze as a ground line. The relief shows a row of three grazing ...

  • Frieze of Horsemen
    Frieze of Horsemen

    R2 Cat. 231

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    550-450 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    The joint on the r. is square, that on the I. is beveled, with a plain vertical band in front indicating the end of the relief. There are two flat moldings along the top and bottom; the space above, below, and between is recessed; and the relief is i...

  • Relief with Head of Bearded Man
    Relief with Head of Bearded Man

    R2 Cat. 232

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    500-480 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    The relief, which is probably from a funerary stele, was described by Richter, but renewed examination shows that the face is bearded and the nose big and elongated (cf. the bearded boxer, Richter, Archaic Gravestones, no. 31, fig. 92) The hairdo and...

  • Stele with Praying Woman
    Stele with Praying Woman

    R2 Cat. 233

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    450-425 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Although there is no sign of dowelling on top, the stele probably had a covering element, possibly a palmette. A female figure facing to I. is placed freely and somewhat asymmetrically on a claw-chiseled background. The sides of the stele are also cl...

  • Funerary Stele of Atrastas, son of Timles
    Funerary Stele of Atrastas, son of Timles

    R2 Cat. 234

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    330-329 BC (Hellenistic)

    C. H. Greenewalt, Jr. noted that at the top, the relief molding has painted egg and dart motif, yellow with black background. There are five lines of text in Lydian, with red preserved in some letters. Below the text is a sculptured scene showing a m...

  • Relief with Funerary Meal
    Relief with Funerary Meal

    R2 Cat. 234bis

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    300 BC (Hellenistic)

    The bearded man lies on a couch with a drinking cup in his I. hand. A snake coils over his l. shoulder and his veiled wife sits at his feet. Before him stands a three-legged table, beside it a wine jar and a small boy who is serving the wine. On the ...

  • Lion Sejant From Nannas Monument
    Lion Sejant From Nannas Monument

    R2 Cat. 235

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    Ca. 500 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    The lion is seated in a frontal position. The tail loops under the hindquarters and over the left haunch. The mane has long wavy locks ending slightly down the back, less deeply cut than Synagogue lions (Cat. 25A, Cat. 25B Figs. 92-101). The style is...

  • Recumbent Lion From Nannas Monument
    Recumbent Lion From Nannas Monument

    R2 Cat. 236

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    550-540 BC (Lydian or Late Lydian)

    On a plinth with forepaws extended in front, the lion has its head turned to the l. with the mouth wide open and tongue protruding. The eyes are hollow for inlay, the ears fairly close to the head. The mane is arranged in leaf-like locks, many ending...

  • Lion Spout Attached to Rectangular Member
    Lion Spout Attached to Rectangular Member

    R2 Cat. 237

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    (Lydian?)

    "This [colossal lion's head] in all probability belonged to the cornice of the temple and when in place, stood in a position almost directly above the spot where it was found, being the water-spout nearest the corner of the temple. The scale of the h...

  • Bird of Prey (Eagle?) Holding a Hare, from the Nannas monument
    Bird of Prey (Eagle?) Holding a Hare, from the Nannas monument

    R2 Cat. 238

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    Late archaic? (Lydian?)

    A sitting bird of prey is holding with slightly bent talons a long-eared creature -- hare or rabbit. The wings are folded on the back; they have three tiers of long feathers, while the front part is stylized in small vertical ovals. The chest feather...

  • Sphinx, presumably part of a throne or seat
    Sphinx, presumably part of a throne or seat

    R2 Cat. 239

    Sculpture

    Marble, Stone

    480-450 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    The seated sphinx is partly in the round, partly in relief. A rectangular slab has been worked so that the forelegs and frontal lower part of the body stand free. Behind the head (now lost) and upper part of the body the background was retained and w...