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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 339
- Typological identification
- Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Shoulder: Loeschcke Schulterform VIIIa
- Comparanda
- cf. Loeschcke1919, p. 400, nos. 463-465, pl. XI (Vindonissa)
- Comparanda
- cf. Maccario1980, pp. 68-69, no. 2, pl. X (Museo de Alba; from area)
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraVII, p. 81, no. 104, pl. 4 (“Knidian(?)“; J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- sim. BenghaziIII.2, p. 29, no. C 155 bis, pl. XXXIX (Benghazi; dated ca. 25-75 CE)
- Comparanda
- sim. Claustres1956, pp. 133, 135, no. 7, pl. II (Peyrestortes)
- Description
- Crater with grapevine.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (pinkish buff; somewhat soft, slightly gritty texture; varied small bits, micaceous), firing, and surface treatment (brown with tinges of orange and red, mottled; thin, variable thickness around grooves, semilustrous).
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 18% from upper left part of lamp, including small parts of discus and shoulder. Moderate, extensive abrasion and chipping around edges; worn breaks; rare bits of encrustation in relief.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 23, no. 106, pl. 5 (H. Williams)
- Preserved length
- 0.029
- Preserved width
- 0.038
- Weight (kg)
- 0.005
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 1292 (Early Roman Italian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1292>
