Format: Loeschcke Typus I B = Broneer Type XXII = Dressel Form 9 = Bailey Type A Group iii (Late Augustan-Early Flavian).
Typological identification comment
Shoulder: Loeschcke Schulterform III a.
Comparanda
cf. BémontChew2007, 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)
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cf. GoethertPolaschek1985, pp. 64, 195, no. 227, pl. 23 (Motiv 11; Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier; from Trier)
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cf. Iványi1935, p. 40, no. 48, pl. 4:8 (Narodni Muzej Slovenije; from Ljubljana)
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cf. Loeschcke1919, p. 361, nos. 22-24, pl. V (Vindonissa)= Leibundgut1977, pp. 147, 225, nos. 162-164, pl. 30 (Motiv 87; Vindonissa)
same motif: BernaboBrèaCavalier1965, pp. 118, 338, no. 9, tomba 318, pl. CCXXIX:7 (Melingunìs Lipára)
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same motif: Brants1913, p. 27, no. 392, pl. IV (Rijksmuseum, Leiden; from Naples)
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same motif: Deneauve1969, p. 151, no. 587, pl. LX (amphora in hand; Carthage)
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same motif: EphesosIV.2, p. 179, 181, 183, nos. 46* (Italian), 76, 99 (Asia Minor), pls. XI, XII (F. Miltner)
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same motif: ErcolanoVIII, pp. 47, 151, 255, pl. X (from Stabiae)
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same motif: Evelein1929, p. 17, pl. IV:18 (Museum Kam, Nijmegen)
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same motif: GilFarrés19471948, p. 114, no. 59, pl. 114 (Museo Emeritense, Ampurias)
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same motif: Heres1972, p. 47, no. 211, pl. 26 (Antikensammlung, Berlin; from Smyrna)
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same motif: Karageorghis1963, pp. 347-348, fig. 35 (western import?; Kyra near Nicosia)
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same motif: Leibundgut19631964, pp. 426, 449, no. 25 (Historisches Museum, Bern; “Unteritalien”)
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same motif: Oliver1983, p. 254, no. 34, pl. XLI:1 (western import; from Episkopi, Cyprus)
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same motif: Petru1972, pls. II.13.1, XVI.111.18, XL.621.1 (Emona)
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same motif: PlesničarGec1972, p. 233, grave 511 no. 5, pl. CXVIII:12 (Emona)
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same motif: Ponsich1963, pp. 107, 108, no. 28, pl. 2 (Musée de Montauban)
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same motif: Pontiroli1980, p. 70, no. 7, pl. VI (very worn mold; Musei di Cremona; from Cremona)
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same motif: Ritterling1913, p. 265, no. 4, pl. XXX:2 (Hofheim)
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same motif: Vegas1966, pp. 87-88, no. 149, pl. 6 (Neuss [Novaesium])
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same motif: VikičBelančić1971, p. 136, no. 54, pls. V:2, XXVII:2 (Zagreb Museum)
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same motif: Waldhauer1914, pp. 33, 51, nos. 152, 330, pls. XIV, XXXV (Hermitage; from Italy and Kertsch)
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same motif: deBrunGagnière1937, 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, 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.
“KE 1518 (Early Roman Italian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2023. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1518>