- KL1969-003+KL1969-007 (Early/Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Broneer Type XXVIIC Lamp
- Description
- Circular discus has filling hole off-center, figural relief, and flat framing ring. Relief to lower left depicts panther striding left with right foreleg raised and head turned back to right. Neck, face, and paws show retouch. Shoulder has ovules. Small clay nodules in grooves and one large one over head of figure. Reconstruct as Dionysos with short chiton type.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- 7.5YR 8/4, pink. Early/Middle Roman Corinthian pale lamp fabric: somewhat soft.
- Preservation comment
- Two join sherds preserve small fragment lower one quarter of discus (KL1969-003) with small part of shoulder and central discus (KL1969-007). Slight, sparse scoring and gouging.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 43, no. 158, pl. 7 (H. Williams)
- Preserved length
- 0.027
- Preserved width
- 0.021
- Weight (kg)
- 0.001
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Dionysos/Bacchus (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Dog or Wolf (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KL1969-003+KL1969-007 (Early/Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kcp/kl1969-003>
