Ke 2461 (Early Roman Italian Lamp with Two Nozzles) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Comment
Inventory and subject numbers created and object studied in 2022.
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 586
Typological identification
Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
Typological identification comment
Format: Broneer Type XXI=Bailey Type D Group ii
Typological identification comment
cf. BMLII, p. 204, no. Q 998, pl. 28 (dated first third 1st c. CE; D. M. Bailey)
Description
Circular outline. Circular, concave discus, plain, with five grooves out to shoulder. Two volute nozzles.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical fabric (pinkish yellow, very fine), firing, and surface treatment (thick, even, chocolate glaze).
Preservation comment
Nine total fragments, four joining and five non-joining, preserve ca. 20% from front middle to left discus, shoulder, and base of nozzles. Slight, extensive abrasion; clean breaks; rare specks of encrustation.
Estimated body diameter
0.08
Preserved length
0.029
Preserved width
0.045
Weight (kg)
0.019
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph