KE 998 (Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer 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.
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