KE 1788 (Late Roman North African Lamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Technique
Smoothed seam and surface and fingerprints on back wall. Small rosette in relief on base scratched out with hashmarks in mold.
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 478
Typological identification
Late Roman/Early Byzantine Athenian Lamp, copy or imitation North African
Typological identification comment
Athenian copy of Late Roman African lamp
Comparanda
Motif of palm-tree is common on Late North African lamps with different shoulders: e.g., Delattre1880, pp. 22-24, no. IX (Carthage); Selesnow1988, p. 160, no. 256, pl. 35 (Liebighaus Museum Alter Plastik, Frankfurt)
Comparanda
cf. Athenian copy of North African lamp: AgoraVII, pp. 176-177, no. 2425, pl. 39 (J. Perlzweig)
Comparanda
sim. Late Roman Corinthian or regional copies of North African lamp(s): CorinthIV.2, pp. 289-290, nos. 1492-1500, pl. XXII (O. Broneer)
Fabric, firing, surface
Late Roman Athenian lamp fabric (strong red; rather fine; smooth to granular break), firing (hard), and surface (orangish red, uneven, semiglossy slip brushed irregularly across top and sides).
Preservation description
One large sherd preserve ca. 50% from back of lamp, including large portions of discus, base, and shoulder and most of handle but missing uppermost part. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion; worn breaks; scattered, thick specks to small patches of encrustation on all surfaces.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 80, no. 413, pl. 19 (H. Williams)
Estimated body diameter
0.061
Estimated discus diameter
0.034
Handle total height preserved
0.035
Height base to shoulder
0.031
Preserved length
0.047
Preserved width
0.051
Weight (kg)
0.036
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph