- KE 156 (Early Roman Italian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 40A
- Typological identification
- Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Loeschcke Schulterform I/IIa
- Comparanda
- Ke 1293-L 340
- Comparanda
- sim. BMLII, pp. 86, 127, 128, 136, 139, no. Q 788, pl. 3, fig. 100 (D. M. Bailey; Type A group iii dated first half 1st century CE)
- Comparanda
- sim. Brants1913, p. 16, no. 187, pl. 2 (Rijksmuseum Leiden; from Cumae)
- Comparanda
- sim. CorinthIV.2, p. 168, no. 393, pl. VII (O. Broneer)
- Description
- Circular outline. Circular, concave discus with relief: rosette with 32(?) thin petals. Narrow, sloping shoulder has three concentric grooves. Trace of left volute above base of nozzle. Probably lacked a handle.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Typical fabric (whitish yellow, varied tiny bits with few sparkles and dark gray or black specks), firing, and surface treatment (thin, mostly even but worn, pale chocolate brown).
- Preservation description
- One sherd preserves ca. 35% of front left discus and shoulder and small part of adjacent wall. Slight, extensive abrasion; mostly clean breaks; scattered specks of encrustation.
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.007
- Preserved height
- 0.014
- Preserved length
- 0.035
- Preserved width
- 0.031
- Weight (kg)
- 0.005
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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