- KE 41 (Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Area C (north end of harbor, including mole)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 12
- Typological identification
- Broneer Type XXVIIC Lamp
- Comparanda
- Same motif on North African lamps: e.g., Deneauve1969, p. 198, no. 946, pl. 86 (Carthage); Bussiere2000, p. 358, nos. 3414, 3415, pl. 93 (from Tebessa); BussiereWohl2017, no. 381 (Getty).
- Comparanda
- Same motif on western lamps: e.g., Miltner1930, col. 66, no. 1, fig. 31:1 (Klagenfurt Museum); Farka1977, p. 191, no. 120, pl. 29 (Magdalensburg; dated fourth quarter of 1st century BCE).
- Comparanda
- cf. BMLIII, pp. 8-10, 402, 403, 404, no. Q 3250, figs. 13, 134, pl. 117 (slightly different figure and ovules on shoulder, signed ⲤⲰΤΕΡΙΔΑ; D. M. Bailey)
- Description
- Type of half-figure young satyr left with deerskin, thyrsus, and monaulos.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (fine buff), firing, and surface treatment.
- Preservation comment
- Two joining sherds (L0012+L0539a) preserve ca. 30% of left to back discus and small part of left lateral shoulder. Slight, sparse abrasion; worn breaks; scattered speck of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 54, no. 230, pl. 10 (=L0012), p. 54, no. 233 (=L539a; H. Williams identified both with “Attic Lamps of the Third Century“)
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.06
- Preserved length
- 0.022
- Preserved width
- 0.031
- Weight (kg)
- 0.002
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 41 (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/ke/ke0041>
