- KL1989-008/1989-012 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Comment
- Same lamp as KL1989-012.
- Logical part of
- Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Early/Middle Roman Asia Minor Lamp, red-on-white
- Description
- Circular outline. Circular discus has flat framing ring. Rounded, outward sloping shoulder has large ovules and “ears” in shape of arching band with volutes at transition to side; horizontal orientation to body but rising slightly above shoulder.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: 2.5YR 6/6, light red. Glaze: 10R 5/8, red. Thick, semilustrous, mottled red glaze over white slip, extends inside over upper wall.
- Preservation comment
- Two small, nonjoining sherds preserve less than one quarter of shoulder with both ears and walls almost to base. Slight, sparse abrasion and pitting.
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.063
- Estimated Width
- 0.088
- Maximum preserved dimension
- 0.043
- Weight (kg)
- 0.009
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KL1989-008/1989-012 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kcp/kl1989-008>
