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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