- KE 998 (Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 281
- Typological identification
- Broneer Type XXVIIC Lamp
- Comparanda
- cf. Bernhard1955, p. 322, no. 305, pl. LXXXVII (Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie)
- Comparanda
- cf. CorinthIV.2, p. 201, no. 665, pl. XIX (O. Broneer)
- Comparanda
- cf. CorinthXXI, pp. 55-56, no. PT-3, pl. 56 (K. Slane)
- Comparanda
- cf. IsthmiaIII, p. 69, no. 2839, pl. 31 [upside down in plate]
- Comparanda
- cf. Petridis1992, pp. 656, 657, no. 7, figs. 10, 11 (Corinth-Kretika)
- Description
- Erotic symplegma.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: typical Early-Middle Roman Corinthian lamp fabric (buff; fine). Surface: pale reddish orange slip; thin, mostly even; mottled; semimatte.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric, firing, and surface treatment: pale buff with a tinge of pink; hard, very fine fabric with smooth break; thin, semimatte orange slip with a tinge of red, mottled, over exterior and spreading through wickhole inside; peeling in flakes everywhere.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 30% from upper left part of lamp, including roughly one-quarter of discus and left shoulder from front handle to lateral edge of wickhole. Moderate, extensive abrasion and chipping around edges; worn breaks; scattered specks of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 44, no. 163, pl. 8 (H. Williams)
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.088
- Preserved length
- 0.09
- Preserved width
- 0.043
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.068
- Weight (kg)
- 0.034
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Sexual Activity (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
-
- Pagescan
- Photograph
-
- Photograph
-
-
“KE 998 (Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0998>
