- KE 157 (Early Roman Italian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Area B (northwest side of harbor)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 41
- Typological identification
- Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
- Comparanda
- Prob. fragment: Bemont2003, p. 69, no. 395, pl. 35 (Glanum)
- Comparanda
- cf. Bussiere2000, p. 271, no. 559, pl. 44 (fragment; Djemila, Algeria)
- Comparanda
- cf. Deneauve1969, p. 130, no. 428, pl. XLVI (Carthage)
- Comparanda
- cf. SalamineChypreVII, pp. 158-9, no. 470, pl. 25 (Cyprus Museum, Nicosia; T. Oziol)
- Comparanda
- sim. Deneauve1969, p. 153, no. 601, pl. LXI (central figure identified as Ganymede; Carthage)
- Comparanda
- sim. Ponsich1961, p. 115, no. 466, pl. XXX (Cotta, Mauretania)
- Description
- Circular(?). slightly concave discus with figural relief and filling hole lower center. Relief depicts satyr with thyrsus(?) or Pan with lagobolon(?) striding left but looking back right, amid luxuriant foliage.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Whitish yellow fabric; fine, somewhat soft, slightly gritty texture but no visible inclusions. Pale brown slip: somewhat even, thin, semilustrous.
- Preservation comment
- One small sherd preserves central to right discus. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and pitting; worn breaks; very rare specks of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 21, no. 92, pl. 4 (H. Williams)
- Preserved length
- 0.0523
- Preserved width
- 0.0378
- Weight (kg)
- 0.006
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Pan (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Satyr (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 157 (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/ke0157>
