KE 998 (Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 281
Typological identification
Broneer Type XXVIIC Lamp
Comparanda
cf. Bernhard1955, p. 322, no. 305, pl. LXXXVII (Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie)
Comparanda
cf. CorinthIV.2, p. 201, no. 665, pl. XIX (O. Broneer)
Comparanda
cf. CorinthXXI, pp. 55-56, no. PT-3, pl. 56 (K. Slane)
Comparanda
cf. IsthmiaIII, p. 69, no. 2839, pl. 31 [upside down in plate]
Comparanda
cf. Petridis1992, pp. 656, 657, no. 7, figs. 10, 11 (Corinth-Kretika)
Description
Erotic symplegma.
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric: typical Early-Middle Roman Corinthian lamp fabric (buff; fine). Surface: pale reddish orange slip; thin, mostly even; mottled; semimatte.
Fabric, firing, surface
Typical fabric, firing, and surface treatment: pale buff with a tinge of pink; hard, very fine fabric with smooth break; thin, semimatte orange slip with a tinge of red, mottled, over exterior and spreading through wickhole inside; peeling in flakes everywhere.
Preservation description
One sherd preserves ca. 30% from upper left part of lamp, including roughly one-quarter of discus and left shoulder from front handle to lateral edge of wickhole. Moderate, extensive abrasion and chipping around edges; worn breaks; scattered specks of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 44, no. 163, pl. 8 (H. Williams)
Estimated body diameter
0.088
Preserved length
0.09
Preserved width
0.043
Estimated rim diameter
0.068
Weight (kg)
0.034
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Sexual Activity
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph