Format: Loeschcke Typus VIII=Broneer Type XXV=Bailey Type O group i (Claudian-Early Flavian)
Typological identification comment
Shoulder: Loeschcke Schulterform VIIb
Comparanda
cf. BMLII, p. 295, no. Q 1202, fig. 100, pl. 56, 97 (moldmate; third quarter 1st century A.D.).
Comparanda
sim. Bussiere2012, pp. 164-165, no. 166 (Collection Rivel)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical fabric (pinkish buff; slightly gritty, hackly break; varied small, well sorted inclusions including white and black; faintly micaceous), firing, and surface treatment (grayish brown slip, mottled; thin, even, matte).
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves ca. 60% from back of lamp, including over one-half of discus and shoulder and large part of walls and base. Slight, extensive erosion and abrasion; worn breaks.
“KE 1386 (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/ke1386>