- Ke 2465 (Early Roman Italian Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Comment
- Inventory and subject numbers created and object studied in 2023.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 588
- Typological identification
- Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Format: Dressel Form 9 = Loeschcke IB variant = Broneer XXII = Bailey Type A Group iv (Augustan-Neronian)
- Typological identification comment
- Shoulder: Loeschcke Schulterform VIb
- Comparanda
- cf. BMLII, pp. 147, 148-149, no. Q 831, fig. 100, pls. 7, 94 (dated first third of 1st c. C.E.; D. M. Bailey)
- Comparanda
- sim. BMLII, pp. 136, 139, no. Q 788, fig. 100, pl. 3 (dated first half of 1st c. C.E.; D. M. Bailey)
- Description
- Circular outline. Concave discus has two grooves around series of tongues. Small volute nozzle, probably pointed according to type.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale yellow, fine, somewhat soft fabric with rare, very small, subrounded black inclusions; faintly micaceous. Thin, even, matte slip, dark brown to black(?) but mostly abraded away, across exterior and slightly on interior.
- Preservation comment
- One small sherd preserves ca. 12% from front of discus and base of nozzle up to wickhole. Extensive, moderate to severe abrasion, almost removing slip; worn breaks.
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.065
- Preserved length
- 0.019
- Preserved width
- 0.027
- Weight (kg)
- 0.002
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“Ke 2465 (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/ke2465>
