KE 41 (Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Area C (North Mole)
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 12
Typological identification
Broneer Type XXVIIC Lamp
Comparanda
Motif on North African lamp: e.g., Bussiere2000, p. 358, nos. 3414, 3415, pl. 93 (from Tebessa)
Comparanda
Motif on North African lamp: e.g., BussiereWohl2017, no. 381 (Getty)
Comparanda
Motif on North African lamp: e.g., Deneauve1969, p. 198, no. 946, pl. 86 (Carthage)
Comparanda
Motif on western lamp: e.g., Farka1977, p. 191, no. 120, pl. 29 (Magdalensburg; fourth quarter 1st century BCE[?])
Comparanda
Motif on western lamp: e.g., Miltner1930, col. 66, no. 1, fig. 31:1 (Klagenfurt Museum)
Comparanda
cf. BMLIII, pp. 8-10, 402, 403, 404, no. Q 3250, figs. 13, 134, pl. 117 (slightly different figure and ovules on shoulder, signed ⲤⲰΤΕΡΙΔΑ; D. M. Bailey)
Description
Type of half-figure young satyr left with deerskin, thyrsus, and monaulos.
Fabric, firing, surface
Typical fabric (fine buff), firing, and surface treatment: fine, hard, pale, slightly gritty or granular texture.
Preservation description
Two joining sherds (L0012+L0539a) preserve ca. 30% of left to back discus and small part of left lateral shoulder. Slight, sparse abrasion; worn breaks; scattered speck of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 54, no. 230, pl. 10 (=L0012), p. 54, no. 233 (=L539a; H. Williams identified both with “Attic Lamps of the Third Century“)
Estimated discus diameter
0.06
Preserved length
0.022
Preserved width
0.031
Weight (kg)
0.002
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Satyr (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Linked to

Field book number C 71 (KE 41, Lamp)