Gerulata: The Lamps
A Survey of Roman Lamps in Pannonia
Distributed for the Karolinum Press, Charles University
400 pages
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200 halftones
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6 3/4 x 9 1/2
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© 2015
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgements
Legend
List of Abbreviations
1. Preface
2. Lampmaking Throughout the Ages and the Romans in Gerulata
2.1 History of Lampmaking
2.2. Rome, Pannonia and the archaeological history of Gerulata
3. Catalogue of Lamps
How to read this catalogue:
Table of lamps from Gerulata
Bildlampen
3.1 Loeschke type I – Volute lamps
3.2 Loeschke type VIII – Round lamps
3.3 Fragments of Bildlampen
Firmalampen
3.4 Loeschke type IX – Early Firmlampen
3.5 Loeschke type X – Later Firmalampen
3.6 Unspecified fragments of Firmalampen
Uncommon types
3.7 Lamps with multiple nozzles
3.8 Glazed lamps
3.9 Bronze lamps
4. Lamps for the Dead: the Cemeteries of Gerulata in Contemporary Funerary Practice
4.1 The last light
4.2 The case of Gerulata
5. Catalogue of Stamps, Inscriptions, Marks and Distinctive Features
5.1 Producers’ marks
5.2 Workshop marks
5.3 Inscriptions, incisions, and marks of a personal nature
6. Catalogue of Discus Scenes and Iconography
6.1 The sacred
6.2 The mortal
6.3 Animals
6.4 Plants, objects and ornaments
6.5 Indeterminate motifs
7. Conclusion
7.1 Concerning lamp types
7.2 Concerning manufacture
7.3 Concerning personal ownership and use of lamps
7.4 Lamps in the context of Roman culture in Gerulata
Bibliography
List of Illustrations Under License
Appendices
Appendix A: Age categories used to describe human remains in Roman graves
Appendix B: Lamps dated by associated finds
Appendix C: Distinctive features on lamps
Legend
List of Abbreviations
1. Preface
2. Lampmaking Throughout the Ages and the Romans in Gerulata
2.1 History of Lampmaking
2.2. Rome, Pannonia and the archaeological history of Gerulata
3. Catalogue of Lamps
How to read this catalogue:
Table of lamps from Gerulata
Bildlampen
3.1 Loeschke type I – Volute lamps
3.2 Loeschke type VIII – Round lamps
3.3 Fragments of Bildlampen
Firmalampen
3.4 Loeschke type IX – Early Firmlampen
3.5 Loeschke type X – Later Firmalampen
3.6 Unspecified fragments of Firmalampen
Uncommon types
3.7 Lamps with multiple nozzles
3.8 Glazed lamps
3.9 Bronze lamps
4. Lamps for the Dead: the Cemeteries of Gerulata in Contemporary Funerary Practice
4.1 The last light
4.2 The case of Gerulata
5. Catalogue of Stamps, Inscriptions, Marks and Distinctive Features
5.1 Producers’ marks
5.2 Workshop marks
5.3 Inscriptions, incisions, and marks of a personal nature
6. Catalogue of Discus Scenes and Iconography
6.1 The sacred
6.2 The mortal
6.3 Animals
6.4 Plants, objects and ornaments
6.5 Indeterminate motifs
7. Conclusion
7.1 Concerning lamp types
7.2 Concerning manufacture
7.3 Concerning personal ownership and use of lamps
7.4 Lamps in the context of Roman culture in Gerulata
Bibliography
List of Illustrations Under License
Appendices
Appendix A: Age categories used to describe human remains in Roman graves
Appendix B: Lamps dated by associated finds
Appendix C: Distinctive features on lamps
Review Quotes
Laurent Chrzanovski, Department of Roman Archaeology, Université Lyon II Lumière
“Frecer’s book constitutes, in many aspects, a pioneer research, which will, in our opinion, become a ‘milestone book’ for every scholar desiring to approach a corpus of lamps from a well-defined site in its full richness”
Florin Topoleanu, vice president of the Romanian National Archaeological Commission
“By its scientific value, [the work] will certainly become a benchmark for specialists.”
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