- KE 1111 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 287
- Typological identification
- Early/Middle Roman Asia Minor Lamp
- Comparanda
- cf. BMLIII, p. 373, no. Q 3009, fig. 82, pl. 98 (from Ephesus)
- Comparanda
- same motif AmareTafalla1984, pp. 38, 61, fig. 13:60 (Bilbilis)
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- same motif AmareTafalla1988, p. 85, pl. 4:5, fig. 157 (Aragon)
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- same motif Balestrazzi1988, vol. 1, p. 239, no. 597, vol. 2, p. 121, pl. 105 (motivo III.a.1.4; Aquileia)
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- same motif Deneauve1969, p. 116, no. 341, pl. XL (Carthage)
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- same motif EphesosIV.2, p. 116, no. 2š21, pl. II (Seven Sleepers); p. 103, no. 109, pl. XII (Magnesian Gate)
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- same motif GoethertPolaschek1985, pp. 40, 43, 101, 120, 126, 176, 256-257, nos. 102, 118, 399, 502, 536, 770, 772, pls. 39, 59 (Motiv 187; Rheinische Landesmuseum, Trier)
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- same motif Heres1972, p. 39, no. 152, pl. 20 (Antikensammlung, Berlin; purchased in Alexandria)
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- same motif Liesen1994, pp. 54-55, no. 239 (Ascibergium)
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- same motif Loeschcke1919, pp. 377-378, nos. 211-221, pl. XII (from Vindonissa)
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- same motif Menzel1969, pp. 33, 34, no. 139, fig. 28.7 (RGZM)
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- same motif Mlasowsky1993, pp. 240-241, no. 229 (Kestner-Museum, Hannover, prob. from Lyon)
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- same motif RosenthalSivan1978, p. 30, no. 101 (Schloessinger Collection, Hebrew University; from Egypt?)
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- same motif SalamineVII, p. 133, nos. 360-361, pl. 19 (T. Oziol)
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- same motif Szentleleky1969, pp. 77-78, no. 98 (Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest)
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- same motif VikicBelancic1971, p. 148, no. 138, pl. 9:2 (Arheološkom Muzeju, Zagreb)
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- same motif deBrunGagniere1937, pp. 34-35, no. 120, pl. 8 (Musée Calvet d’Avignon)
- Comparanda
- sim. BMCIII, pp. 66-67, 370, 378, no. Q 3066, pl. 102, fig. 82 (from Ephesus, dated Trajanic-Antonine; D. M. Bailey)
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- sim. Bernhard1955, p. 311, no. 257, pl. LXIII (Muzeum narodowe, Warsaw)
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- sim. Brants1913, p. 51, no. 932, pl. VI (no handle; Rijksmuseum, Leiden)
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- sim. Liebundgut1977, pp. 183, 268, no. 691, pl. 8 (Motiv 313; from Avenches)
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- sim. Michelucci1998, p. 296, pl. LXXIX:7 (Iasos)
- Comparanda
- sim. PergamonXII, pp. 111, 147, 167, 179, nos. 169, 605, 607, 879, 880, 1020, Beilage 4, 10, pls. 5, 15, 19, 22 (“pergamenische“; variously dated 1st-2nd centuries C.E.; A. Heimerl)
- Comparanda
- sim. motif Berges1989, pp. 69, no. 206, fig. 40 (Montans, Tarn)
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- sim. motif Liebundgut1977, pp. 183, 236, no. 314, pl. 49 (Motiv 313; from Vindonissa)
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- sim. motif Vegas1966, pp. 96, 117, no. 209, pl. 8 (Novaesium [Neuss])
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- sim. motif: Goldman1950, p. 112, no. 171, fig. 100 (Tarsus)
- Description
- Type of lion leaping left. Late copy from western model: note filled in blob where small hole is usually located.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: pink; somewhat soft; slightly gritty texture and slightly granular break; very rare, small, well sorted, subrounded, white inclusions and very rare, mixed, tiny bits; micaceous. Consistent firing. Slip: orangish red slip; thin, even, semilustrous; somewhat flakey.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 35% of lamp, including central to right discus, right shoulder, and most of nozzle. Slight, extensive abrasion and pitting; worn breaks; faint cloud of gray discoloration.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 25, no. 127 (H. Williams)
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.051
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.038
- Preserved length
- 0.0475
- Preserved width
- 0.0358
- Weight (kg)
- 0.006
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Lion (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 1111 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1111>
