- KE 549 (Early Roman Italian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 130
- Typological identification
- Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Format: Loeschcke Typus IV (with handle)=Broneer Type XXIII=Bailey Type B Group v (Claudian-Flavian)
- Typological identification comment
- Shoulder: Loeschcke Schulterform III a
- Comparanda
- cf. AlvarezOssorio1942, pp. 277, 282, no. 2-13.525, fig. 4 (Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid; from Cordoba)
- Comparanda
- cf. BenghaziIII.2, pp. 71, 72, 134, nos. C 481, C 930, figs. 7, 9 (incl local copy; D. M. Bailey)
- Comparanda
- cf. BussiereWohl2017, Getty lamps on-line no. 197 (from North Africa)
- Comparanda
- cf. FernandezChicarro19521953, pp. 75, 77, no. 65, fig. 47.1 (Museo Arqueológico de Sevilla)
- Comparanda
- cf. Palanques1992, pp. 60, 205, 348, no. 324, fig. 15, pl. X (Pollentia, Majorca)
- Comparanda
- sim. BMLIII, pp. 5, 213, no. Q 1878, pl. 32, fig. 4 (local product; from Cyrene, dated 2nd century; D. M. Bailey)
- Comparanda
- sim. Koutoussaki2008, p. 144, no. 125, fig. 112, pl. XIV=Koutoussaki2012, pp. 202, 208, fig. 12 (same motif but different format; Argos)
- Comparanda
- sim. Martin1997, p. 272, no. 20, fig. 41:c (Cretan product? Gortina II)
- Description
- Type of Triton blowing horn left.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: orange, slight pinkish; slightly soft, granular break; medium fine, with uncommon, small, subrounded and subangular, well sorted, white and rare black inclusions; scattered voids. Consistently fired. Slip: chocolate brown; outside and streaks inside lamp; somewhat variable thickness with gathering in grooves, somewhat streaky; semimatte.
- Preservation comment
- Eight joining sherds preserve most of discus and shoulder but missing nozzle, handle, and entire base. Extensive, moderate abrasion and frequent flaking; slightly worn breaks; rare specks of encrustation and grayish cloud (encrustation?).
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 21, no. 94, pl. 4 (H. Williams)
- Body diameter
- 0.111
- Discus diameter
- 0.099
- Preserved length
- 0.1196
- Weight (kg)
- 0.03
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Triton (Visual Motif)
- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 549 (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/ke0549>
