The Corinthian, Attic, and Lakonian Pottery from Sardis: (Archaeological Exploration of Sardis Monographs)

Although the treasury of King Croesus held great quantities of gold and silver plate, the Lydians clearly loved fine ceramic wares imported from Greece. This preference was entirely appropriate for the capital of the expansive Lydian Kingdom, which occupied a pivotal position between the city states of the Greeks and the gigantic empire of the Persians. The importation of Greek pottery corresponds to the visits from poets, philosophers, and politicians mentioned by the historian Herodotus. This collaborative work consists of three generously illustrated sections presenting the ceramic finds excavated at Sardis, but produced in the mainland Greek centers of Corinth, Athens, and Sparta. Judith Snyder Schaeffer analyzes the Corinthian imports, Nancy H. Ramage the Attic, and Crawford H. Greenewalt, Jr., the Lakonian. Their study of this material from the Harvard-Cornell excavations at Sardis offers new evidence of the taste for specific Greek wares and shapes in Anatolia before the time of Alexander the Great.

Table of Contents:
EDITOR'S PREFACE AUTHORS' PREFACE ABBREVIATIONS THE CORINTHIAN POTTERY by Judith Snyder Schaeffer INTRODUCTION Chronology Distribution of the Finds at Sardis Stratigraphy Shapes Kotylai with Linear Decoration CATALOGUE Use of the Catalogue Corinthian Geometric: Cor 1-Cor 3 Early Protocorinthian: Cor 4-Cor 9 Middle Protocorinthian: Cor 10-Cor 25 Late Protocorinthian: Cor 26-Cor 51 Transitional: Cor 52-Cor 79 Early Corinthian: Cor 80-Cor 114 Middle Corinthian: Cor 115-Cor 138 Late Corinthian: Cor 139-Cor 143 Corinthianizing: Cor 144-Cor 148 APPENDIX: Corinthian Pottery from Sardis Found by the Butler Expedition THE ATTIC POTTERY by Nancy H. Rarnage INTRODUCTION Imports and Trade Relations The Painters Condition, Findspots, and Stratigraphy Graffiti and Dipinti Shapes Reuse of Attic Fragments CATALOGUE Use of the Catalogue ATTIC BLACK FIGURE Amphorai: Alt 1-Att 17 Hydria: Aft 18 Olpai: Att 19-Att 20 Lekythoi: Aft 21-Alt 34 Dinoi: Aft 35-Att 39 Column-kraters: Att 40-Att 43 Lekanides: An 44-Att 45 Cups: Aft 46-Att 78 Skyphoi: Aft 79-Alt 87 Plate: Att 88 Indeterminable Shapes: Att 89-Att 90 ATTIC BLACK PATTERN Floral Band Cups: Alt 91-Att 107 ATTIC RED FIGURE Pelike: Att 108 Oixiochoe (?):Att 109 Lekythoi: Aft 110-Att 112 Askoi: Alt 113-114 Head Vases: Alt 115-Att 116 Closed Shape: Alt 117 Kraters: Att 118-Att 123 Lekanides: Att 124-Att 125 Cups: Att 126-Att 129 Skyphoi: Att 130-Att 135 Fish-plate: Att 136 ATTIC BLACK GLAZE Amphorai: Att 137-Att 139 Hydriai or Other Large, Closed Vessels: Att 140-Att 143 Oinochoai (?): Att 144-Att 148 Mug: Att 149 Lekythoi: Att 150-Att 157 Amphoriskoi: Att 158-Att 160 Kraters: Att 161-Att 166 Lekanides: Att 167-Att 170 Stemmed Dishes: Att 171-Att 177 Cups: Att 178-Att 299 Stemless Cups: Att 300-Att 321 Skyphoi: Att 322-Att 336 Cup-skyphoi: Att 337-Att 344 Kantharoi: Att 345-Att 357 Cup-kantharoi: Att 358-Att 377 Bolsals: Att 378-Att 392 Phialai: Att 393-Att 394 Bowls: Aft 395-Att 537 Bowls or Other Open Shapes: Aft 538-Att 546 Plates: Att 547-Att 559 Fish-plates: Att 560-Att 569 Small Bowls: Att 570-Att 576 Saltcellars: Att 577-Att 584 Miniature Kothon: Att 585 Kothon: Aft 586 APPENDIX 1: Attic Pottery from Sardis Found by the Butler Expedition APPENDIX 2: Chemical Analysis of Some Pottery from Sardis by R.E. Jones THE LAKONIAN POTTERY by Crawford H. Creenewalt, Jr. INTRODUCTION CATALOGUE Lakonian II Cups: Lak 1-Lak 4 Black-figure Cups: Lak 5-Lak 8 Kraters: Lak 9-Lak 15 APPENDIX: Lakonian Pottery from Sardis Found by the Butler Expedition CONCORDANCE INDEX PLATES

About the Author :
Judith Snyder Schaeffer has taught Classical Art at Columbia University and the University of California, Riverside. Nancy H. Ramage is Charles H. Dana Professor of the Humanities and Arts Emerita at Ithaca College. Crawford H. Greenewalt, Jr., was Professor of Classical Archaeology, Emeritus, at the University of California, Berkeley.

Review :
This volume, the tenth in the monograph series Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, is the first to be devoted exclusively to pottery from the site...[It presents] some of the most easily identified and most prominent classes of Greek pottery of the Archaic period found in Sardis: the Corinthian, Attic and Lakonian...The volume provides as up-to-date an overview of these relevant classes of pottery as possible...The plates, 66 in all, many combining line-drawings with photographs, are of good quality and the volume itself is well edited and handsomely produced. The volume will quickly find its place as an important reference tool in any archaeological library. The prestigious series of monographs on the results of the Harvard-Cornell excavations at Sardis, nine volumes of which have already appeared, is now enriched by the publication of a tenth, devoted to the imported Corinthian, Attic, and Lakonian pottery. Written by three scholars whose prose styles are refreshingly different, yet compatible, this volume catalogues finds from more than 30 years of excavation...This book is a pleasure to read and use. It is logically organized and written with clarity and insight. The catalogue entries are both concise and complete, with up-to-date references. A useful concordance of finds by inventory number and a comprehensive index accompany the text. The plates include plans of the site of Sardis and photographs, often accompanied by profile drawings, of the majority of the catalogued items. The overall quality of the illustrations is excellent...This volume makes a significant contribution to our knowledge of the nature and distribution of imported mainland Greek pottery in western Anatolia. It should prove a valuable tool for vase specialists, as well as for those interested in ancient Mediterranean trade patterns and the chronological application of stratified pottery. We eagerly await further monographs on the pottery from Sardis.