- KE 1750 (Middle Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 461
- Typological identification
- Middle Roman Athenian Lamp, unglazed
- Comparanda
- See gen. Kubler1953, pp. 122, 126-130, fig. 32
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraVII, p. 128, no. 921, pls. 20, 49 (J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- cf. DelosXXVI, p. 136, no. 4667, pl. 32 (P. Bruneau)
- Comparanda
- cf. KerameikosXIV, p. 171, nos. 1765, 1782, pls. 35, 36 (B. Böttger)
- Comparanda
- cf. Waldhauer1914, p. 62, no. 484, pl. XLVI (poorly preserved surface; Hermitage)
- Description
- Type of chicken left pecking at lizard/frog/rat right, with cat above right.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (red; fine but uncommon, well sorted, tiny black bits), firing, and surface treatment (unslipped). Retouching across cat figure and shoulder motif.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 20% of back right discus and adjacent shoulder. Surface in good condition; somewhat worn breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 56, no. 254 (H. Williams)
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.06
- Preserved length
- 0.038
- Preserved width
- 0.048
- Preserved width
- 0.06
- Weight (kg)
- 0.011
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Chicken (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Lizard (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
-
- Drawing
-
-
“KE 1750 (Middle Roman Athenian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1750>
