KE 938 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 225
Typological identification
Late Roman/Early Byzantine Athenian Lamp, copy or imitation North African
Typological identification comment
Athenian copy of Late Roman North African lamp (late phase?)
Comparanda
Discus motif: BarberaPetriaggi1993, p. 214, no. 175 (Museo Nazionale Romano)
Description
Circular discus with central figural relief, one filling hole center left and one center right, and narrow rounded framing ring. Shallow relief of female bust left with wavy hair pulled back around head and down into chignon, traces of pearl necklace under chin, and dress hanging in folds across chest; traces of headdress on crown. Details are blunt (much more so than shoulder design), some overlap with framing ring (lower right), and faint border below image is tilted down right. Copy (inverted) from worn model of type of Tyche with turreted crown.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical fabric (pale reddish brown, slightly gritty), firing, and surface treatment for type. Smoothed lateral seam.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves ca. 75% of lamp but missing back including entire handle. Slight, sparse abrasion and pitting; clean breaks.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 81, no. 423, pl. 19 (H. Williams)
Discus diameter
0.031
Preserved length
0.064
Weight (kg)
0.019
Width
0.056
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Person (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph