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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 Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 92

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    Ca. 520 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment. Very similar to Att 91 but rim slightly thicker; apparently a pair.

  • Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 93

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    525-500 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment. Exterior: two circles preserved from a row of neat black circles with a black dot in the center (chain pattern). Two incised lines and a trace of added purple form the base of the palmette above. Interior glazed. See Att 94 for a more compl...

  • Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 94

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    525-500 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment. Exterior: chain pattern with dots in center and a palmette and lotus bud pattern. Fronds alternate black and added purple; purple also for the heart of the palmette. Interior: brownish glaze. A round hole at the top edge indicates an ancien...

  • Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 95

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    late 6th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment. Exterior: chain pattern has white dots between links and dilute black in the center of links. A second reserved band below. Interior: black glaze.

  • Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 96

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    early 5th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Rim fragment. Not a true band cup because the lip is not everted. Exterior: reserved band at the rim and then the usual reserved band at the handle zone. Dilute line at top of the reserved area. Lotus flower with a white tipped bud and side sepals. P...

  • Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 97

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    early 5th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Rim fragment. Not a true band cup because the lip is not everted. Exterior: on reserved band, formless palmettes and a single stroke for lotus bud. Lotus buds have a large white dot, and chain pattern has a white dot in oculus of each link, carelessl...

  • Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 98

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    early 5th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Rim fragment. Reserved band with blobs for palmettes, painted with white, and white lotus buds (very faded) between them. Traces of chain pattern below. Reserved band on interior at the rim.

  • Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 99

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    early 5th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment. Palmettes have blobs of purple glaze at the end of each petal and a single added purple blob on the center stem. Black tongues between petals.

  • Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 100

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Bowl fragment. Reserved band with simplified palmettes, decorated with incised interior lines and a blob of added red. Simplified black lotus buds between the palmettes.

  • Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 101

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Rim fragment. Palmettes, decorated with incision and added purple, pale and worn. Narrow tongues between the palmettes, also painted, purple on black. May well be Ionian imitation of Attic type.

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

    M10 Cat. Att 102

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Seven fragments (three illustrated) with parts of both handles preserved. Exterior: reserved band has addorsed chain of lotus and palmettes, which look like leaves separated by vertical strokes. Narrower reserved band below. Interior: black glaze, re...

  • 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 Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 104

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Fragment. Black lip and palmette partly preserved near the handle attachment.

  • Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 105

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Fragment. Black lip and trace of palmette.

  • Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment
    Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 106

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Fragment. Chain pattern only, preserved from the base of the palmettes. White dot in the oculus of each link of the chain.

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

    M10 Cat. Att 107

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Fragments. V shapes, facing up and down, dots, and a horizontal line decorate the band of this crudely painted cup. Poor glaze and painting suggest a local or Ionian imitation.

  • Attic Red Figure Pelike Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Pelike Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 108

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    late 5th-early 4th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of the neck. Exterior: head and neck, facing to left, below a debased egg-and-dart pattern. Interior: streaky black glaze.

  • Attic Red Figure Oinochoe (?) Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Oinochoe (?) Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 109

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Wall fragment. Three broad horizontal bands between two narrow bands.

  • Attic Red Figure Lekythos Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Lekythos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 110

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    5th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of body. White-ground area bordered below by two narrow bands of dilute glaze. Interior ribbed.

  • Attic Red Figure Lekythos Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Lekythos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 111

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    late 5th-early 4th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Body fragment. Egg-and-dart pattern from border below a panel. Fine relief lines on the horizontal borders. The "dart" consists only of dots along bottom line. Interior unglazed.

  • Attic Red Figure Lekythos Fragments
    Attic Red Figure Lekythos Fragments

    M10 Cat. Att 112

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    late 5th-4th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Squat lekythos. Palmette decoration, horizontal ground line, and black lower body and foot. Interior ribbed. Underside of the foot and recessed bottom are unglazed.

  • Attic Red Figure Askos Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Askos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 113

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    mid-4th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment from the top of an askos. A stalking leopardess or panther with spots. A hind foot, one large teat, and part of the back and belly are preserved. Some internal details in dilute glaze, largely worn away. Interior slightly ribbed.

  • Attic Red Figure Askos Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Askos Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 114

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    ()

    Fragment of body. Exterior: a reserved palmette and volute from the border at the turn to the neck; a reserved border enclosing the palmette. Also a reserved rounded shape. Interior unglazed.

  • Attic Red Figure Head Vase Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Head Vase Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 115

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    early 5th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of head. A female head with three wavy strands of hair across her forehead and other strands falling vertically. Her hair is wrapped in a black sakkos, on which a crown of ivy is painted; it consists of a wavy brown line with heart-shaped le...

  • Attic Red Figure Head Vase Fragment
    Attic Red Figure Head Vase Fragment

    M10 Cat. Att 116

    Pottery

    Ceramic

    early 5th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

    Fragment of head. Molded shape. Largely black for hair or sakkos, with a wavy line and heart-shaped leaves in added red. A small reserved area may be the forehead or neck.