KE 1387 (Early Roman Italian Lamp with Handle Ornament) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Area UA (Underwater at south mole)
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 394
Typological identification
Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
Typological identification comment
Format: Loeschcke Typus III=Broneer Type XXI=Bailey Type D Group i
Comparanda
sim. BMLII, pp. 200, 201-202, 203, no. Q 995, pl. 27 (slightly larger, with handle ornament in shape of grape leaf; possibly from Italy, dated late 1st century B.C.E.-first third of 1st century C.E.; D. M. Bailey)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: pale reddish yellow. Somewhat soft, fine to slightly sandy, smooth to crumbly fracture, few tiny bits visible, well sorted (black, gray, red; micaceous traces). Thin, uneven, matte slip, reddish brown with an orange hue. Centrsl Italian.
Preservation comment
Two joining fragments preserve (a) ca. 15% from upper part of lamp, including small part of front shoulder and nozzle, and (b) ca. 75% from base and adjacent walls, including attachment of handle ornament. Slight to moderate, extensive erosion and abrasion; slip largely flaked away; worn breaks. Cloud of secondary scorching across interior and exterior.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 19, no. 73 (H. Williams)
Estimated body diameter
0.08
Estimated discus diameter
0.0625
Handle total height preserved
0.022
Body Height
0.029
Preserved length
0.081
Preserved width
0.077
Weight (kg)
0.035
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph