KE 459 (Early Roman Italian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Area B (Middle Harbor)
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 119
Typological identification
Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
Typological identification comment
Format: Loeschcke Typus IB=Broneer Type XXII=Bailey Type A group iii (Late Augustan-Early Flavian, but shoulder form best fits Late Augustan-Tiberian; see BMLII, pp. 135-147)
Typological identification comment
Shoulder: Loeschcke Form II a
Fabric, firing, surface
Typical fabric, firing, and surface treatment (thick chocolate glaze across exterior and interior; mottled, somewhat flakey). Irregular ridges inside from molding process.
Preservation description
Three joining sherds preserve entire base and ca. 75% of lower part of lamp. Slight to moderate, somewhat extensive abrasion; worn breaks.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 18, no. 68 (H. Williams)
Body diameter
0.071
Height base to shoulder
0.029
Preserved length
0.0586
Weight (kg)
0.025
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph