Format: Loeschcke Typus IV (with handle)=Broneer Type XXIII=Bailey Type B Group iv/v (Claudian-Trajanic)
Typological identification comment
Shoulder: Loeschcke Schulterform VI b
Comparanda
Cf. BMLII, pp. 51-52, 178-179, no. Q 938, fig. 55, pl. 18 (Pompeii[?], ca. third quarter 1st century A.D.; D. M. Bailey)
Description
Note unusual handle: appears to be applied loop (cf. earlier), not full ring handle attaching at discus rim (later).
Description
Type of gladiatorial prize-fighters Furius and Columbus.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical fabric (fine, pinkish, micaceous), firing, and surface treatment (thin, mottled orangish red slip). Large irregular red chunk (iron oxide?) breaking out of front upper left wall.
Preservation comment
Most of lamp survives but missing part of central to back discus, top of handle, and front of nozzle. Moderate, extensive pitting, abrasion, and scratching; worn breaks; frequent patches of sandy accretion or mortar(?).
