KE 611 (Early Roman Italian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 151
Typological identification
Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
Comparanda
Sim. motif: Balestrazzi1988, vol. 1, pp. 163-164, vol. 2, pp. 143-144, no. 205, pl. 31 (motivo III.b.2.1: head in profile, with plant; from Monastero, Museo di Aquileia)
Comparanda
Sim. motif: Farka1977, pp. 127, 209, nos. 121-124, 286, pls. 42, 78 (to left and right, head turned or in profile, with or without plant; Landesmuseum für Kärnten)
Comparanda
Sim. motif: Ivanyi1935, p. 36, no. 4, pl. X:2 (head in profile, with plant; from Dunaszeckesö, Hungary)
Comparanda
Sim. motif: Miltner1930, p. 72, no. 9, fig. 31:4 (Landesmuseum für Klagenfurt)
Comparanda
Sim. motif: PlesnicarGec1972, p. 262, Grave 900 no. 5, pl. CLXXVIII:9 (from Emona, Narodni Muzej, Ljubljana)
Description
Concave discus with filling hole front left and figural relief: crane standing left. The popular type of the standing crane shows variable placement of head and sometimes crane facing flowering plant.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: pinkish buff; slightly soft; smooth break; fine, rare tiny bits including white). Consistently fired? Slip: Orangish brown to chocolate brown; thick but variable application, mottled to streaky, semilustrous.
Preservation comment
One small sherd preserves small part of discus with figural relief. Slight, somewhat sparse abrasion and rare pitting; worn breaks; scattered specks of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiIV, p. 22, no. 104 (H. Williams identified as “fighting cock“?)
Maximum preserved dimension
0.032
Weight (kg)
0.002
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Bird (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 611 (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/ke0611>