- KL043 (Early/Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Broneer Type XXVIIA Lamp
- Description
- Concave discus has central filling hole with raised rim, one small airhole near bottom, ray motif, and wide framing ring. Wide shoulder has small ovules. Raised, kite-shaped nozzle. Narrow, pierced handle has two grooves.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- 2.5YR 6/8, light red. Early/Middle Roman Corinthian red lamp fabric: fine, slightly flakey.
- Preservation comment
- One large fragment preserves entire discus, over one half of shoulder, and upper handle. Slight, sparse abrasion, pitting, chipping, and fracturing; thin patches of encrustation on discus and around handle.
- Discus diameter
- 0.046
- Handle total height preserved
- 0.023
- Preserved length
- 0.076
- Preserved width
- 0.063
- Weight (kg)
- 0.022
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KL043 (Early/Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kcp/kl043>
