Terracottas and Plastic Lamps of the Roman PeriodThe volume contains a short introduction, a classification by types, a critical catalogue, a register of the dated contexts, concordances and indexes, and an excursus by T. B. L. Webster on the theatrical figurines. Nearly half of the 1,100 items are illustrated with photographs. The subjects of the (mostly fragmentary) figurines are revealing. To the Greek deities of earlier times are added Oriental figures like Serapis, Isis, Harpokrates, Attis, as well as Egyptian priests and Asiatic dancers. The molded "plastic" lamps that are included in this volume were probably made in the same workshops as the figurines. |
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TYPES OF FIGURINES | 7 |
TYPES OF PLASTIC LAMPS | 32 |
CATALOGUE | 42 |
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1st century 3rd to 4th 3rd to early actor Agora Aphrodite archetype Athenian Athens base Bieber Breccia bronze bust century before A.D. chignon coiffure Corinth coroplastic cucullus dark pinkish buff Deposit F Deposit L-M Dionysos Dioskouroi drapery early 3rd century early 4th century Eros exomis eyes pierced figure figurines filling hole fragments grooves GROTESQUE half of 3rd half of 4th HEAD OF MATRONA Hellenistic Hesperia Jerash Kerameikos kithara Late 3rd legs Leonteus linear style MALTESE DOG mask MATRONA Mid 3rd century mime missing mouth neck nozzle Pauly-Wissowa perhaps not Attic phallos Phrygian cap pierced eyes pinkish buff clay plaque plastic lamps probably red glaze red on hair reddish buff clay reddish clay related moulds represented Roman period Roman Theater Second half shoulder Similar suspension handle Telesphoros terracotta Terrecotte torso traces of red traces of white wearing white slip woman yellow