- KL1969-011 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman-Early Byzantine Asia Minor Lamp
- Description
- Circular outline. Circular, shallow concave discus with design relief and raised, rounded framing ring. Design: simple cross potent [with double circles at arms and in middle.] Rounded, sloping shoulder has spaced globules. Narrow, low, solid handle has three grooves.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: 5YR 7/4, pink. Slip: 2.5YR 4/3, reddish brown. Fine, somewhat soft fabric with infrequent, somewhat small, subrounded, gray inclusions. Thin, semilustrous, even slip detaching in patches and small flakes, extends inside along upper wall.
- Preservation comment
- One small sherd preserves less than one quarter of discus, one third of shoulder, and upper handle. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion and flaking; traces of encrustation.
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.042
- Preserved length
- 0.038
- Preserved width
- 0.041
- Weight (kg)
- 0.01
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Photograph
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