KE 2021 (Early Roman Italian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Writing transcription
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Comment
Found with wick preserved inside.
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 532
Typological identification
Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
Typological identification comment
Format: Loeschcke Typus IB=Broneer Type XXII=Dressel Type 4=Deneauve Type 4=Bailey Type A group iv (Late Augustan-Neronian)
Typological identification comment
Shoulder: Loeschcke Schulterform IIb/IIIb
Conservation
1960s: rejoined with shellac, infilled with pink plaster, and varnished.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical fabric (pale, uncommon varied bits), firing, and surface treatment (mottling, slightly reddish slip)..
Preservation comment
Three joining sherds preserve entire lamp but missing central to front left discus. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion and minor chipping; flaking slip; worn breaks
Published as
KenchreaiI, p. 136, pl. XVI:D (R. Scranton)
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 18, no. 61, pl. 3 (H. Williams)
Base Diameter
0.043
Length
0.0962
Weight (kg)
0.058
Width
0.0696
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 2021 (Early Roman Italian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2021>