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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 190
- Typological identification
- Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
- Comparanda
- Western models or copies?: Loeschcke1919, p. 399, nos. 455, 456, pls. X, XVI (Vindonissa); Evelein1928, p. 12, no. 45, pl. II (Italian?, from Nijmegen; Museum Kam); Farka1977, p. 313, no. 1337, pl. 34 (fragment; from Magdalensburg; Kärtner Museum); Leibundgut1977, pp. 171, 249, no. 452, pl. 43 (Motiv 242; from Vindonissa); BenghaziIII.2, p. 44, no. C 279, fig. 6 (fragment; Italian; D. M. Bailey)
- Comparanda
- cf. BMLIII, pp. 60, 284, 303, nos. Q 2296, Q 2388, Q 2389, fig. 70, pl. 57 (Loeschcke Type 4; from Salamis or Kourion, Cyprus, dated second half 1st century C.E. and ca. 40-100 C.E.; D. M. Bailey)
- Comparanda
- cf. BenghaziIII.2, p. 120, no. C 815, pl. XXIII (local product; D. M. Bailey)
- Comparanda
- cf. Osborne1924, p. 11, no. 43, pl. III (Société archéologique d‘Alexandrie)
- Comparanda
- cf. SalamineChypreVII, p. 145, no. 414, pl. 22 (Cyprus Museum, Nicosia; T. Oziol)
- Comparanda
- sim. EphesosIV.2, p. 185, no. 127, pl. XII (Magnesian Gate; F. Miltner)
- Description
- Discus with central relief and filling hole below right: biga charging right; details of reins and ground line visible.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (pinkish buff; very fine but gritty; faintly micaceous), firing, and surface treatment (brown slip with tinge of orange; even but thicker in contours; semilustrous; slightly mottled).
- Preservation comment
- One small sherd preserves middle discus. Slight, sparse abrasion and pitting; slightly worn breaks; small patches of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 22, no. 100 (incorrect in concordance; H. Williams)
- Maximum preserved dimension
- 0.026
- Weight (kg)
- 0.002
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Horse or Donkey (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 698 (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/ke0698>
