KE 385 (Early Roman Italian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 72
Typological identification
Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
Typological identification comment
Dressel Form 4 (early Vogelkopflampe)
Comparanda
sim. AmareTafalla1988, pp. 40, 57, fig. 15, pl. XII:5a (grupo III, subgrupo I; Aragon)
Comparanda
sim. Bussiere2000, p. 248, no. P 325, pl. 12 (Constantine, Algeria)
Comparanda
sim. Haken1958, pp. 33, 34, no. 9, fig. 3 (Národního Musea, Prague)
Comparanda
sim. Liesen1994, pp. 20-21, no. 8 (Asberg [Asciburgium])
Comparanda
sim. Menzel1969, p. 24, nos. 72, 73, fig. 22:1, 2 (RGZM)
Comparanda
sim. Vegas1966, pp. 72, 101, no. 26, pl. 3
Comparanda
sim. dePalolSalellas19481949, p. 243, no. 15, fig. 102 (Museo arqueológico de Gerona, Ampurias)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Grayish yellow fabric; somewhat soft, fine but sandy with varied, tiny white, black, and red-brown bits; faintly micaceous. Consistently fired. Grayish slip with brown areas: thin, uneven to slightly flakey, matte.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves small part from front of discus and base of nozzle, Slight, extensive abrasion and scratching; slightly worn breaks.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 12, no. 51, pl. 2 (H. Williams)
Estimated discus diameter
0.0355
Preserved length
0.0366
Preserved width
0.0316
Weight (kg)
0.007
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Bird (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Photograph