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
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Suggested citation
“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>