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Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 496
Typological identification
Early/Middle Roman Asia Minor Lamp
Comparanda
Fr. a: cf. BussièreWohl2017, Getty Lamps on-line, no. 164 (identified as southern Anatolian [on what grounds?], Augustan-Claudian)
Comparanda
Fr. a: cf. DélosXXVI, p. 124, no. 4580, pl. 29 (“Italienne“, beginning 1st c. CE; P. Bruneau)
Comparanda
Fr. b: cf. AgoraVII, p. 74, no. 20, pl. 1 (handle ornament with “black glaze“; “Eastern Aegean area“ first half 1st century C.E.)
Comparanda
Fr. b: sim. DélosXXVI, pp. 89-91, 92, nos. 4219, 4230, pl. 1 (similar forms in rose fabric with red slip; P. Bruneau identified as Late Hellenistic-Early Roman “pergaménienne“)
Comparanda
Fr. b: sim. PergamonXIII, pp. 102, 108, nos. 55, 130, pls. 2, 4 (“pergamenisch“, dated first half of 1st c. CE and early 1st c. CE; A. Heimerl)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: pinkish pale red; fine, varied tiny black and white bits, slightly micaceous. Hard, consistent firing. Thick, even, semiglossy slip, orangish red. Western Asia Minor.
Preservation comment
Three small sherds, two joining sherds (fr. a) preserve ca. 40% of left shoulder with adjacent discus and base of volute handle, and one preserves small part of foliate handle ornament (fr. b). Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and minor shipping; slip in good condition; worn breaks; uncommon to common specks of encrustation.
Estimated body diameter
0.07
Preserved length
0.051
Preserved width
0.03
Weight (kg)
0.011
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 1900 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1900>