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The Corinthian, Attic, and Lakonian pottery from Sardis

By Jr , Judith Snyder Schaeffer , Nancy H. Ramage , and Crawford H. Greenewalt

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
1997
ISBN
0674171608
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
105 MB (110506039 bytes)
Series
Archaeological Exploration of Sardis 10
Pages
248\248
Topic
History Archaeology
Time added
2015-02-10 23:30:24

Description

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.

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