- KE 2167 (Middle/Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Area A (south end of harbor, including mole)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 538
- Typological identification
- Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraVII, pp. 125, 173, nos. 861-866, 2378, pl. 19 (same motif; J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- sim. KerameikosXVI, pp. 156-157, nos. 1438-1479, pl. 30 (same motif; B. Böttger)
- Description
- Late version of type of bear running left with leaping venator.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Typical Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp fabric (orangish red; slightly gritty), firing, and surface treatment (somewhat thick, even, semimatte slip).
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 30% from the upper middle to front part of lamp, including central discus and small part of front left shoulder and nozzle. Moderate, extensive abrasion and rare chipping; worn breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 57, no. 256, pl. 11 (H. Williams)
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.047
- Maximum preserved dimension
- 0.041
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Bear (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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