- KE 143 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 34
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Lamp, copy North African
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical LR Corinthian “red brick“ fabric, firing, and surface. Very thick webbing and thin, sharp joining ridge at seam; good alignment.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 50% of back to middle top of lamp, including most of discus and shoulder and entire handle. Slight to moderate, sparse abrasion and pitting; mostly clean breaks; large, thin, irregular patches of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 82, no. 429 (H. Williams)
- Discus width
- 0.038
- Preserved length
- 0.064
- Weight (kg)
- 0.055
- Width
- 0.069
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Bird (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 143 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0143>
