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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 71
- Typological identification
- Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Format: Loeschcke Typus VIII early=Broneer Type XXV=Bailey Type O Group i (Claudian-Early Flavian)
- Typological identification comment
- Shoulder: Loeschcke Schulterform VIII b
- Comparanda
- cf. BMLII, pp. 30, 297-8, no. Q 1207, fig. 26, pl. 56 (sim. format but with handle; Italian, second half 1st century A.D.; D. M. Bailey)
- Comparanda
- sim. Bussiere2000, p. 313, nos. 2094, 2095, pl. 58 (décor I.b.12; from Tipasa and Setif)
- Comparanda
- sim. BussiereWohl2017, nos. 300 (different format; purchased in Germany), 310 (North African manufacture[?])
- Comparanda
- sim. Djuric1995, p. 51, no. C144 (Anwati Collecion, Montreal)
- Comparanda
- sim. FitchGoldman1994, p. 107, no. 506, pl. 3 (Cosa, dated ca. A.D. 50-100)
- Comparanda
- sim. Heres1972, p. 15, no. 18, pl. 5 (from Alexandria), pp. 65-66, no. 368, pl. 41 (heart-shaped nozzle, ovuli, two-grooved loop handle; donated from Smyrna; Berlin)
- Comparanda
- sim. Loeschcke1919, p. 393, nos. 390, 391, pl. VI=Leibundgut1977, p. 140, nos. 41, 399, pl. 27 (Motiv 44; from Vindonissa)
- Comparanda
- sim. LopezRodriguez1981, p. 113, no. 98, pl. X (Seville)
- Comparanda
- sim. Mercando1962, p. 27, no. 14, pl. VII:3 (Antiquarium comunale, Rome)
- Comparanda
- sim. MorilloCerdan1999, p. 186, no. AS/27/3, vol. 2, fig. 138, pl. 3:1 (motivo 34; Museo de los Caminos, from Astorgo)
- Comparanda
- sim. Pavolini1977, p. 38, pl. XXIII: 23, 24 (Museo Nazionale di Napoli; from Pompeii or Herculaneum)
- Comparanda
- sim. Ponsich1961, p. 98, no. 245, pl. XVIII (Sala-Rabat)
- Description
- Circular outline. Circular discus with raised rim, filling hole upper center and figural relief. Type of opposing Lares with columnar altar(?) flanked by fronds. Discus motif appears in several western formats and occasional eastern derivatives (see comparanda). Narrow, sloping to rounded shoulder with large ovules.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pinkish buff fabric; fine but somewhat gritty, slightly soft. Orangish brown slip, mottled: thin but variable thickness, semilustrous.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 50% from back of discus and ca. 20% of shoulder. Slight, sparse abrasion, rare pitting, and somewhat sparse chipping around edges; slight worn breaks; small, scattered patches of rough encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 22, no. 98, pl. 5 (H. Williams)
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.0675
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.0525
- Preserved length
- 0.035
- Preserved width
- 0.049
- Weight (kg)
- 0.012
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Deity (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 384 (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/ke0384>
