KE 1386 (Early Roman Italian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 393
Typological identification
Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
Typological identification comment
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.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 23, no. 111, pl. 5 (H. Williams)
Body diameter
0.0744
Discus diameter
0.0634
Height
0.0258
Preserved length
0.045
Preserved width
0.076
Weight (kg)
0.025
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph