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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
Pagescan
Photograph
Suggested citation
“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>