- KE 148 (Early Roman Italian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 39
- Typological identification
- Early/Middle Roman Asia Minor Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Format: Loeschcke Type VIII=Broneer Type XXV=Bailey Type O, group ii (Late Claudian-Early Trajanic)
- Typological identification comment
- Shoulder: Loeschcke Schulterform VIIIb
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraVII, p. 84, no. 133, pl. 5 (J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- sim. BMLII, pp. 296-298, nos. Q 1205-Q 1211, pls. 56-57 (D. M. Bailey)
- Description
- Circular, concave discus surrounded by raised band. Somewhat narrow, rounded shoulder has ovules. This format typically has figural relief on discus, a small, rounded nozzle, and a grooved ring handle.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale pink fabric, consistently fired; fine, hard; vaguely granular break; very rare, isolated lime specks; no visible mica. Thick, somewhat uneven slip fired reddish orange but mottled with thickness, semilustrous with metallic sheen. Asia Minor; Knidian?
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 30% of lateral shoulder and very small part of adjacent discus. Slight, sparse abrasion, pitting, and scratching; mostly clean breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 24, no. 120 (H. Williams)
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.09
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.067
- Preserved height
- 0.0216
- Preserved length
- 0.0602
- Preserved width
- 0.0242
- Weight (kg)
- 0.006
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 148 (Early Roman Italian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0148>
