- KL275b (Early/Middle Roman Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Early/Middle Roman Asia Minor Lamp
- Description
- Concave discus has relief of shaggy ram with beard and horns leaping left. Product of western Asia Minor.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- 5YR 7/8, reddish yellow. Slip: 10R 6/8, light red. Fine, soft fabric has very rare, very small, subrounded(?) black particles, uncommon, small, subrounded to subangular, white (calcitic) inclusions, and very rare, medium-sized, angular, red chunks. Non-micaceous content. Thin, semilustrous, uneven slip on exterior and continuing inside, brushed and smoothed around shoulder and walls. Cf. KL275a.
- Preservation comment
- One fragment preserves small part of discus. Slight, moderate abrasion.
- Preserved length
- 0.003
- Preserved width
- 0.019
- Weight (kg)
- 0.001
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Goat (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KL275b (Early/Middle 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/kl275b>
