- KL299 (Early 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, red-on-white
- Description
- Circular outline. Circular, deep concave discus has relief depicting buffalo advancing right with ring hanging from neck and wide, somewhat flattened framing ring. Sloping to rounded, plain shoulder. Ring handle attaches part way down back wall to base. Flat, circular, slightly raised base.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: 2.5YR 6/6, light red. Slip: 10R 5/8, red. White underslip. Typical “Ephesian” fabric. Semiglossy, thick, mottled slip, flakey, extends inside over upper wall.
- Preservation comment
- Two joining fragments preserve less than one half of discus, roughly two thirds of shoulder, and small part of base. Slight, sparse abrasion; slight, extensive encrustation.
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.05
- Body Height
- 0.029
- Preserved length
- 0.063
- Preserved width
- 0.031
- Weight (kg)
- 0.014
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Bull or Cow (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KL299 (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/kl299>
