- KL041 (Middle Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Middle Roman Athenian Lamp, unglazed
- Description
- Circular, concave discus has central filling hole, figural relief, and narrow, rounded framing ring, Relief depicts Eros playing diaulos facing left before sitting ram and columnar altar or kioniskos with pinecone on it. Plain shoulder probably had panels. Details are somewhat blunt.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- 2.5YR 6/8, light red. Variable firing to slightly darker red. Middle Roman Athenian lamp fabric. Unglazed.
- Preservation comment
- One large fragment preserves one third of discus and small part of left shoulder. Slight, very sparse abrasion, pitting, and chipping; slight, extensive encrustation in grooves and around relief.
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.066
- Preserved length
- 0.059
- Preserved width
- 0.039
- Has geographic origin
- Attica
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Eros/Cupid (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Religious Symbol or Object (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Sheep (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KL041 (Middle Roman Athenian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kcp/kl041>
