- KL044 (Early/Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Broneer Type XXVIIC Lamp
- Description
- Circular outline. Circular discus has central filling hole with raised rim, design in relief, and flat framing ring. Design of straight bands of herringbone (wreath?) tracing a diamond with four peltae at corners. Small airhole through framing ring at bottom of discus. Shoulder has large, uneven ovules and heavy, off-set panel on left. Scattered clay globules in grooves.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- 7.5YR 7/6, reddish yellow. Early/Middle Roman Corinthian red lamp fabric: somewhat hard.
- Preservation comment
- Two joining fragments preserve more than three quarters of discus and one third of rim. Well preserved but scattered specks of encrustation.
- Discus diameter
- 0.058
- Preserved length
- 0.056
- Preserved width
- 0.071
- Weight (kg)
- 0.012
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KL044 (Early/Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/kcp/kl044>
