- KE 391 (Early Roman Italian Lamp with Handle Ornament) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 78
- Typological identification
- Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraVII, p. 75, no. 31, pl. 2 (J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- cf. Heres1972, p. 82, no. 514, pl. 55 (Antikensammlung Berlin; from Corinth)
- Comparanda
- cf. Menzel1969, pp. 27, 28, no. 96, fig. 25:8 (RGZM)
- Comparanda
- cf. Mlasowsky1993, pp. 266-267, no. 279 (Kestner-Museum, Hannover)
- Comparanda
- cf. Waldhauer1914, p. 38, no. 203, pl. XIX (Hermitage; from Olbia?)
- Comparanda
- sim. AccoronadiMaioGarcea1996, pp. 507, 531, no. 56, pl. X (Porto Guilio, Pozzuoli)
- Comparanda
- sim. Bussiere2000, p. 243, no. 200, pl. 28 (Musée de Constantine, Tiddis, northeast Algeria)
- Comparanda
- sim. Farka1977, no. 616, pl. 55 (Magdalensburg)
- Comparanda
- sim. LABNII, p. 56, no. 207, pl. XXV (from Carthage; M.-C. Hellmann)
- Comparanda
- sim. Palanques1992, pp. 197, 345, no. 204, pl. VII (fragment; Pollentia, Majorca)
- Comparanda
- sim. ZaccariaRuggiu1980, pp. 76, 99, no. 139 (Museo civico di Treviso; from northern Italy)
- Description
- Large triangular handle ornament on thick post: relief of frilled acanthus leaf. Ring handle.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (fine, somewhat soft), firing, and surface treatment (traces of pale brown slip but poorly preserved).
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves most of large handle ornament. Slight, extensive abrasion; slip preserves in small patches and flakes across surface and in grooves; worn breaks; rare specks of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 20, no. 83, pl. 4 (H. Williams)
- Preserved length
- 0.0694
- Preserved width
- 0.0653
- Weight (kg)
- 0.028
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 391 (Early Roman Italian Lamp with Handle Ornament).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0391>
