KE 1518 (Early Roman Italian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 412
Typological identification
Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
Typological identification comment
Format: Loeschcke Typus IB=Broneer Type XXII=Dressel Form 9=Bailey Type A group iii (Late Augustan-Early Flavian)
Typological identification comment
Shoulder: Loeschcke Schulterform IIIa
Comparanda
Motif: Bachofen1912, pl. XV:4 (Rome)
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Motif: BernaboBreaCavalier1965, pp. 118, 338, no. 9, tomba 318, pl. CCXXIX:7 (Melingunìs Lipára)
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Motif: Brants1913, p. 27, no. 392, pl. IV (Rijksmuseum, Leiden; from Naples)
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Motif: Deneauve1969, p. 151, no. 587, pl. LX (amphora in hand; Carthage)
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Motif: EphesosIV.2, p. 179, 181, 183, nos. 46* (Italian), 76, 99 (Asia Minor), pls. XI, XII (F. Miltner; Hellenistischer Rundbau, Magnesian Gate, other sites in early excavations)
Comparanda
Motif: ErcolanoVIII, pp. 47, 151, 255, pl. X (from Stabiae)
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Motif: Evelein1929, p. 17, pl. IV:18 (Museum Kam, Nijmegen)
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Motif: GilFarres19471948, p. 114, no. 59, pl. 114 (Museo Emeritense, Ampurias)
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Motif: Heres1972, p. 47, no. 211, pl. 26 (Antikensammlung, Berlin; from Smyrna)
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Motif: Karageorghis1963, pp. 347-348, fig. 35 (western import?; Kyra near Nicosia)
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Motif: Leibundgut19631964, pp. 426, 449, no. 25 (Historisches Museum, Bern; “Unteritalien”)
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Motif: Oliver1983, p. 254, no. 34, pl. XLI:1 (western import; from Episkopi, Cyprus)
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Motif: Petru1972, pls. II.13.1, XVI.111.18, XL.621.1 (Emona)
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Motif: PlesnicarGec1972, p. 233, grave 511 no. 5, pl. CXVIII:12 (Emona)
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Motif: Ponsich1963, pp. 107, 108, no. 28, pl. 2 (Musée de Montauban)
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Motif: Pontiroli1980, p. 70, no. 7, pl. VI (very worn mold; Musei di Cremona; from Cremona)
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Motif: Ritterling1913, p. 265, no. 4, pl. XXX:2 (Hofheim)
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Motif: Vegas1966, pp. 87-88, no. 149, pl. 6 (Novaesium [mod. Neuss])
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Motif: VikicBelancic1971, p. 136, no. 54, pls. V:2, XXVII:2 (Zagreb Museum)
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Motif: Waldhauer1914, pp. 33, 51, nos. 152, 330, pls. XIV, XXXV (Hermitage; from Italy and Kertsch)
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Motif: deBrunGagniere1937, p. 23, no. 26, pl. 2 (Musée Calvet d’Avignon)
Comparanda
cf. BemontChew2007, pp. 62-63, 1129, 456, décors 40, 41, nos. GA 1, GA 2, pl. 31 (Musée d’archéologie nationale de Saint-Germain-en-Laye; Gaulish products, former from Chateau d’Aoste, Isère)
Comparanda
cf. GoethertPolaschek1985, pp. 64, 195, no. 227, pl. 23 (Motiv 11; Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier; from Trier)
Comparanda
cf. Ivanyi1935, p. 40, no. 48, pl. 4:8 (Narodni Muzej Slovenije; from Ljubljana)
Comparanda
cf. Loeschcke1919, p. 361, nos. 22-24, pl. V= Leibundgut1977, pp. 147, 225, nos. 162-164, pl. 30 (Motiv 87; Vindonissa)
Description
Type of winged Eros in three-quarters view striding right with alabastron(?) in right hand and large shell in left hand.
Fabric, firing, surface
Typical fabric (pinkish buff; slightly gritty; rare tiny bits; faintly micaceous), firing, and surface treatment (chocolate slip, somewhat uneven and mottled).
Preservation description
One large sherd preserves ca. 25% of front left discus with adjacent shoulder and top left nozzle. Slight to moderate, somewhat extensive abrasion; slip crazing; worn breaks; rare specks of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 17, no. 58, pl. 3 (H. Williams)
Estimated body diameter
0.107
Estimated discus diameter
0.068
Preserved length
0.098
Preserved width
0.064
Weight (kg)
0.009
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Eros/Cupid (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Photograph