KE 112 (Middle/Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 27
Typological identification
Middle/Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
Comparanda
cf. KerameikosXVI, p. 233, no. 3539, pl. 56 (B. Böttger)
Comparanda
sim. IsthmiaIX, pp. 99, 104, 197, fig. 2:88 (J. L. Rife)=IsthmiaX, p. 125, no. 323, pl. 41 (B. L. Wohl; from Northeast Gate)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical fabric, firing (hard), and surface treatment (thick, somewhat even, semiglossy slip, purplish brown) for type.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves ca. 25% of top left part of lamp, including less than one-quarter of discus and shoulder to lateral edge of wickhole, and small part of wall. Very slight abrasion and chipping around edges; mostly clean breaks; scattered, thick specks of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 59, no. 273, pl. 12 (H. Williams)
Estimated discus diameter
0.055
Preserved length
0.072
Preserved width
0.038
Weight (kg)
0.018
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
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KE 112 (Middle/Late Roman Athenian Lamp)