- KE 1121 (Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Comment
- JLR 4-2020: hapax Corinthian adaptation of Italian motif
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 297
- Typological identification
- Broneer Type XXVIIC Lamp
- Comparanda
- Sim. motif: BMLIII, pp. 35, 158, no. Q 1505, fig. 39, pl. 2 (probably south Gaulish but possibly Italian; D. M. Bailey)
- Comparanda
- Sim. motif: Brants1913, p. 15, no. 160, pl. II (Rijksmuseum Leiden; from Cortona)
- Comparanda
- Sim. motif: Bussiere2000, p. 251, no. 61, pl. 18 (Tipasa, Algeria)
- Comparanda
- Sim. motif: Evelein1928, p. 12, pl. II:52-53 (Museum Kam, Netherlands; from Nijmegen)
- Comparanda
- Sim. motif: GoethertPolaschek1985, pp. 77, 79, 84, 88, 89, 91-92, 212, nos. 291, 304, 325, 343, 344, 349, 360, 365, 370, pls. 8:106b, 43, 46 (Motiv 61; Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier)
- Comparanda
- Sim. motif: Heres1972, p. 31, no. 104, pl. 15 (Antikensammlung Berlin)
- Comparanda
- Sim. motif: Leibundgut1977, pp. 140-141, 218, no. 137, pl. 27 (Motiv 48; Vindonissa [Windisch])
- Comparanda
- Sim. motif: Loeschcke1911, p. 91, no. 1749, pl. LXXIX (Sammlung Niessen; from Cologne)
- Comparanda
- Sim. motif: Menzel1969, pp. 30-32, nos. 111, 112, fig. 27:3, 4 (Italian products; from Trier and Bingen?)
- Comparanda
- Sim. motif: Vertet1983, pp. 111, 113, no. 3 (Cabinet des Médailles)
- Comparanda
- Sim. motif: deBrunGagniere1937, pp. 20, 23, no. 33, pl. III (Musée Calvet d‘Avignon)
- Description
- Circular(?), slightly concave discus has figural relief and filling hole offcenter right. Relief depicts baby Herakles strangling two snakes over his thighs. Popular motif in various formats in the Roman West (see comparanda).
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (buff with slightly pinkish core, uncommon, small, subrounded white [calcareous] inclusions), firing, and surface treatment.
- Preservation comment
- One small sherd preserves central discus. Moderate to severe, extensive pitting, abrasion, and minor chipping; worn breaks; faint patches of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 43, no. 159, pl. 7 (H. Williams)
- Maximum preserved dimension
- 0.048
- Weight (kg)
- 0.005
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Herakles/Hercules (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Snake (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 1121 (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/ke1121>
