KE 1750 (Middle Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer 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