KE 25 (Late Roman Athenian lamp) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Area C (north end of harbor, including mole)
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 3
Typological identification
Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical fabric (medium fire, uncommon tiny to small white and black bits), firing (hard), and surface treatment (smoothed).
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves ca. 55% of base, lowermost handle, and part of adjacent left wall. Slight, sparse abrasion; somewhat clean breaks; very fine specks of encrustation around grooves.
Estimated base diameter
0.04
Preserved length
0.045
Preserved width
0.041
Weight (kg)
0.008
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph