- KE 113 (Late Roman North African Lamp) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Technique
- Rare clay globules in shoulder band from plaster mold.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 28
- Typological identification
- African Red-Slip Lamp Hayes Type II
- Typological identification comment
- Atlante Type X, Group D1=Chapman-Davies-Peacock form 1B (Carthage ‟rosette and geometric”)=Bonifay lampe type 64
- Comparanda
- cf. Bussiere2007, p. 111, no. C 429, pl. 30 (Musée de Timgad)
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Brownish red fabric; hard and dense, very slightly gritty texture; dull, thick, even slip. Northern Tunisian cf. ARS D ware.
- Preservation description
- One sherd preserves ca. 33% of lamp, including discus, entire handle, and back to base. Slight, somewhat sparse abrasion and minor gouging; slightly worn breaks; rare specks of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 80, no. 410, pl. 18 (H. Williams)
- Discus diameter
- 0.041
- Preserved length
- 0.0684
- Preserved width
- 0.0615
- Weight (kg)
- 0.037
- Chronology comment
- Type: mid-late 5th century (Bonifay2004, p. 395)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Person (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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