- KE 1518 (Early Roman Italian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 412
- Typological identification
- Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Format: Loeschcke Typus IB=Broneer Type XXII=Dressel Form 9=Bailey Type A group iii (Late Augustan-Early Flavian)
- Typological identification comment
- Shoulder: Loeschcke Schulterform IIIa
- Comparanda
- cf. BemontChew2007, pp. 62-63, 1129, 456, décors 40, 41, nos. GA 1, GA 2, pl. 31 (Musée d’archéologie nationale de Saint-Germain-en-Laye; Gaulish products, former from Chateau d’Aoste, Isère)
- Comparanda
- cf. GoethertPolaschek1985, pp. 64, 195, no. 227, pl. 23 (Motiv 11; Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier; from Trier)
- Comparanda
- cf. Ivanyi1935, p. 40, no. 48, pl. 4:8 (Narodni Muzej Slovenije; from Ljubljana)
- Comparanda
- cf. Loeschcke1919, p. 361, nos. 22-24, pl. V (Vindonissa)= Leibundgut1977, pp. 147, 225, nos. 162-164, pl. 30 (Motiv 87; Vindonissa)
- Comparanda
- same motif: Bachofen1912, pl. XV:4 (Rome)
- Comparanda
- same motif: BernaboBreaCavalier1965, pp. 118, 338, no. 9, tomba 318, pl. CCXXIX:7 (Melingunìs Lipára)
- Comparanda
- same motif: Brants1913, p. 27, no. 392, pl. IV (Rijksmuseum, Leiden; from Naples)
- Comparanda
- same motif: Deneauve1969, p. 151, no. 587, pl. LX (amphora in hand; Carthage)
- Comparanda
- same motif: EphesosIV.2, p. 179, 181, 183, nos. 46* (Italian), 76, 99 (Asia Minor), pls. XI, XII (F. Miltner)
- Comparanda
- same motif: ErcolanoVIII, pp. 47, 151, 255, pl. X (from Stabiae)
- Comparanda
- same motif: Evelein1929, p. 17, pl. IV:18 (Museum Kam, Nijmegen)
- Comparanda
- same motif: GilFarres19471948, p. 114, no. 59, pl. 114 (Museo Emeritense, Ampurias)
- Comparanda
- same motif: Heres1972, p. 47, no. 211, pl. 26 (Antikensammlung, Berlin; from Smyrna)
- Comparanda
- same motif: Karageorghis1963, pp. 347-348, fig. 35 (western import?; Kyra near Nicosia)
- Comparanda
- same motif: Leibundgut19631964, pp. 426, 449, no. 25 (Historisches Museum, Bern; “Unteritalien”)
- Comparanda
- same motif: Oliver1983, p. 254, no. 34, pl. XLI:1 (western import; from Episkopi, Cyprus)
- Comparanda
- same motif: Petru1972, pls. II.13.1, XVI.111.18, XL.621.1 (Emona)
- Comparanda
- same motif: PlesnicarGec1972, p. 233, grave 511 no. 5, pl. CXVIII:12 (Emona)
- Comparanda
- same motif: Ponsich1963, pp. 107, 108, no. 28, pl. 2 (Musée de Montauban)
- Comparanda
- same motif: Pontiroli1980, p. 70, no. 7, pl. VI (very worn mold; Musei di Cremona; from Cremona)
- Comparanda
- same motif: Ritterling1913, p. 265, no. 4, pl. XXX:2 (Hofheim)
- Comparanda
- same motif: Vegas1966, pp. 87-88, no. 149, pl. 6 (Neuss [Novaesium])
- Comparanda
- same motif: VikicBelancic1971, p. 136, no. 54, pls. V:2, XXVII:2 (Zagreb Museum)
- Comparanda
- same motif: Waldhauer1914, pp. 33, 51, nos. 152, 330, pls. XIV, XXXV (Hermitage; from Italy and Kertsch)
- Comparanda
- same motif: deBrunGagniere1937, p. 23, no. 26, pl. 2 (Musée Calvet d’Avignon)
- Description
- Type of winged Eros in three-quarters view striding right with alabastron(?) in right hand and large shell in left hand.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (pinkish buff; slightly gritty; rare tiny bits; faintly micaceous), firing, and surface treatment (chocolate slip, somewhat uneven and mottled).
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 25% of front left discus with adjacent shoulder and top left nozzle. Slight to moderate, somewhat extensive abrasion; slip crazing; worn breaks; rare specks of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 17, no. 58, pl. 3 (H. Williams)
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.107
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.068
- Preserved length
- 0.098
- Preserved width
- 0.064
- Weight (kg)
- 0.009
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Eros/Cupid (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 1518 (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/ke1518>
