- KL281 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Early/Middle Roman Asia Minor Lamp, Knidian
- Comparanda
- same motif: BernabòBreaCavalier1965, pp. 108, 339, no. 25, tomba 304, pl. CCXXVIII:19 (Meligunìs Lipára)
- Comparanda
- same motif: Leibundgut1977, pp. 146, 219, no. 154, pl. 29 (Motiv 76; Vindonissa)
- Description
- Concave discus has relief of winged Eros facing right and reaching up with left arm; traces of trident in background. This type has dolphin center right.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: 7.5YR 7/6, reddish yellow. Slip: 2.5YR 4/6, red. Fine, somewhat hard fabric has very rare to rare, small, subrounded(?), white (calcitic) and black inclusions and common specks of gold mica. Somewhat thin, semilustrous, even slip detaching in large patches; metallic sheen where preserved. Knidian.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves small part of central discus. Slight, sparse abrasion around edges; worn breaks; sparse specks to patches of encrustation.
- Maximum preserved dimension
- 0.032
- Weight (kg)
- 0.002
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Dolphin (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Eros/Cupid (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KL281 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kcp/kl281>
