KE 1111 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer 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)

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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)

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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)

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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

Photograph