Lampes d'Algérie. [I. Lampes à canal courbe de Maurétanie césarienne]

I. Lampes à canal courbe de Maurétanie césarienne

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ID19340667
AuthorsJ F Bussière (corresponding author), Jean Bussière
Year1992
Volume28
Issue1
Pages187-222
Publication date1992-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquités africaines (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0066-4871 • E-ISSN: 2117-539X
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/antaf.1992.1206
OpenAlexW2058239729
LanguageFR
Citations received3
References cited2

Although lamps bearing inscriptions such as : "EMITELVCERNAS-COLATASABASSE" have for long drawn the attention of archaeologists, no comprehensive survey has been made. This is the purpose of the present work which records more than two thousand items forming a homogeneous type which will be called : lamps with a curved channel. The author takes stock of the origin and the chronology of this local African production and includes a map of the findings. The comparative study of the various inscriptions favours the interpretation of the group of letters : "ABASSE" as being the name of a potter rather than the price of the object. Apart from the neighbouring provinces where it was exported this type of lamps is not actually found in the rest of the Roman world except in Asia Minor where it belongs to a well established stylistic tradition. The abundant documentation about articles all originating from the same place enables the author moreover to make a few observations concerning moulding techniques particularly the process of moulding from existing lamps (surmoulage)

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