- KL268/KL269 (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 relief of twisted rosette with 24(?) petals with raised rims and raised rim to narrow, rounded framing ring. Narrow, flat shoulder has panels and small ovules. Traces of burning.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Early/Middle Roman Corinthian lamp fragment: very pale, very fine, somewhat hard.
- Preservation comment
- Two large fragments, five joining sherds (KL268) and two joining sherds (KL269), preserve roughly one third of discus and two thirds of shoulder. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and chipping; slight to moderate patches of encrustation.
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.085
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.065
- Preserved length
- 0.077
- Weight (kg)
- 0.014
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KL268/KL269 (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/kl268>
