KE 1794 (Early Roman Italian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 480
Typological identification
Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
Typological identification comment
Format: Loeschcke Typ IA=Dressel Form 9=Broneer Type XXII=Bailey Type A group i (Augustan-Tiberian)
Typological identification comment
Shoulder: Loeschcke Schulterform IIa
Comparanda
Format cf. BMLII, pp. 129, 131, no. Q 761, pl. 1 (Samnite and hoplomachus; from Pozzuoli, late 1st century B.C.E.-early 1st century C.E.; D. M. Bailey)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: buff, yellowish; smooth break; fine, with rare, very small to small, well sorted, rounded and subrounded, white, black, and gray-red inclusions. Consistently fired. Chocolate brown; thin, somewhat uneven, semimatte slip survives in large patches.
Preservation comment
One small fragment preserves front right discus, adjacent shoulder, and side to back of nozzle. Slight to moderate, somewhat extensive abrasion with minor pitting; worn breaks; specks to chunks of encrustation in grooves.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 23, no. 112 (H. Williams)
Estimated discus diameter
0.059
Preserved length
0.0339
Preserved width
0.0306
Weight (kg)
0.002
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph